Extremely fine plaque pendant of blue faience with the facing head of Hathor, typical cow’s ears. Wide ridged suspension loop. Exquisite. Hathor was a major ancient Egyptian goddess of love, beauty, music, dance, joy, fertility, and motherhood, often depicted as a cow or a woman with cow's horns and a sun disk. She was known as the "Golden One" and patroness of women, associated with birth, pleasure, and prosperity. Size: 4.7 cm L - 1 13/16 inch Material: Faience Culture: Egypt, c. 600 B.C. Condition: Intact Provenance: British private collection, acquired in a London auction prior to 2000. The seller guarantees that this item has been legally acquired & will be legally exported, related documents seen by Catawiki. This item do not need an export licence within the EU. The seller will inform the buyer if it needs a UK export licence outside the EU Worldwide shipping by Registered Mail. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity N.B. Import duties may be incurred on orders shipped to countries outside the UK. Notice: We are not able to ship to Greece and Cyprus. Please note our last posting date before the Christmas holidays will be 18th December. Shipping will resume 5th January 2026. Catawiki disclaimer: This object has been dated based on style by the seller . No further tests, such as, a TL test, analysis of metals(XRF-test), lapidary tests, analysis of pigments or radiography scans have been conducted to check the integrity of the piece.