E20

Large glazed faience hawk

£100

A tactile and aesthetically pleasing large moulded and glazed faience amulet fragment in the form of a seated hawk.

A bright yellowish-green glaze covers the surface below a layer of old collection patina.

Egypt, Late Dynastic or Ptolemaic, 1st Millennium BC

Base lost, chip from beak and chest.

Size:  2.9 x 1.6 cms

Ex. Mustaki collection, Cairo, c. 1940/50's. Exported under licence from the Egyptian State.


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