Egyptian
A group of ten Egyptian sheet gold amulets, Late Period, circa 664 - 332 BC
Gold
Average length: 1.3 cm
Each of punched sheet gold with defined details. Of various forms including a winged uraeus, a vulture with shen signs in each talon, a crook, a collar, a cow-headed Hathor,...
Each of punched sheet gold with defined details. Of various forms including a winged uraeus, a vulture with shen signs in each talon, a crook, a collar, a cow-headed Hathor, a falcon, a (Ba?) bird, a djed pillar, a heart, and a usekh collar with falcon head terminals.
Provenance
Hans Blaser Collection, Kloten, Zurich, acquired in the 1970s
With Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 1991
Private collection, Switzerland