Lot 163B

Egyptian Faience Amulets, Sekhmet & Taweret

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Egyptian Faience Amulets, Sekhmet & Taweret

Estimate: $600 - $900

Starting Bid: $300

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by Artemis Fine Arts
June 5, 2026 9:00 AM MDT
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North Africa, Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 664–332 BCE. A group of three Egyptian faience amulets depicting popular protective deities, including a lioness-headed Sekhmet or Bastet figure holding a staff or sistrum, a second lioness-headed figure possibly holding a wadjet eye, and a hippopotamus-headed Taweret, goddess of fertility and childbirth, each retaining traces of the characteristic blue-green glaze typical of Late Period faience production. Such amulets were worn by the living as protective charms and placed with the deceased in burial contexts, invoking the protective and regenerative powers of each deity. Size: 0.3" W x 1.6" H (0.8 cm W x 4.1 cm H).

Provenance: private J. M. collection, Fountain Hills, Arizona, USA via family descent. Mother acquired these in 1992.

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Item # 203126

  • Condition: Good. Missing the lower legs of lion headed deity as shown. Chips and abrasions, with softening to finer details on the others.

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