Ancient Egyptian Faience Cowroid with an Ankh (No reserve price)

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Ruth Garrido Vila
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Directed the Ifergan Collection Museum, specialising in Phoenician and Mediterranean archaeology.

Estimate  € 380 - € 450
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€130
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€120
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€110

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This ancient Egyptian faience cowroid amulet, dating to the early 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom around 1500 BC, is inscribed with an ankh sign.

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Ancient cowrie-shaped amulet inscribed on the base with an Ankh sign, which represents the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself.

Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, early 18. Dynasty, ca. 1500 BC
Material: Faience
Size: ca. 1,4 cm
Condition: intact
Provenance: private Frech collection, prior to that estate (S.T., East Sussex, Great Britain), bought from the former owner while he was based in Egypt during WW2 from a dealer in Cairo called: "Sheik Hamad Ibrahi, Antiquities, Dealer Mena House, Pyramides-Cairo“

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Ancient cowrie-shaped amulet inscribed on the base with an Ankh sign, which represents the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself.

Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, early 18. Dynasty, ca. 1500 BC
Material: Faience
Size: ca. 1,4 cm
Condition: intact
Provenance: private Frech collection, prior to that estate (S.T., East Sussex, Great Britain), bought from the former owner while he was based in Egypt during WW2 from a dealer in Cairo called: "Sheik Hamad Ibrahi, Antiquities, Dealer Mena House, Pyramides-Cairo“

Dispatch only to addresses within the EU.

The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed.
This item is accompanied with an illustrated Certificate of Authenticity.

Details

Culture
Ancient Egyptian
Century/timeframe
New Kingdom, early 18. Dynasty, ca. 1500 BC
Name of object
Cowroid with an Ankh
Acquired from
Auction house
Year acquired
2019
Material
Faience
Country acquired from
France
Condition
Good
Previous owner acquired from
Auction house
Previous owner - year acquired
2019
Previous owner - country acquired from
United Kingdom
I verify that I have obtained this object legally and that I am allowed to sell it
Yes
Authenticity
Original/official
GermanyVerified
598
Objects sold
100%
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