GOLD EGYPTIAN AEGIS OF A LION-HEADED GODDESS
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Late Period, Ca. 664 – 380 BC.
An Egyptian gold aegis with a high-relief portrait of a lion-headed goddess, possibly Bastet. Back side connected with a modern gold double hook; restored. For similar see: Met Museum Accession Number: 89.2.597.
Size: 25mm x 21mm; Weight: 2g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.
An Egyptian gold aegis with a high-relief portrait of a lion-headed goddess, possibly Bastet. Back side connected with a modern gold double hook; restored. For similar see: Met Museum Accession Number: 89.2.597.
Size: 25mm x 21mm; Weight: 2g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.
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GOLD EGYPTIAN AEGIS OF A LION-HEADED GODDESS
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