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A Late 19th c. Egyptian Revival gold pendant with a Late Period faience amulet of Taweret.
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A Late 19th c. Egyptian Revival gold pendant with a Late Period faience amulet of Taweret.

Anthea Fine Arts

Date 664-332 BCE

Epoque Late Period

Origine For sale, STOCK

Medium gold, Faience

Dimension 4.9 cm (1⁷/₈ inches)

This beautiful pendant is finely engraved of 7 columns of fanciful hieroglyphics inscriptions, and in the center set with a ancient amulet in faience depicting the fearless goddess Taweret. 

Egyptian goddess of childbirth who symbolized maternity and suckling. She is usually represented as a female hippopotamus with pendant mammae.

Date: 664-332 BCE

Epoque: Late Period

Origine: For sale, STOCK

Medium: gold, Faience

Dimension: 4.9 cm (1⁷/₈ inches)

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Anthea Fine Arts

Antiquities, Classical Sculptures, Glyptics and Jewelry.

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