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| EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE AMULET OF THOUERIS Goddess patroness of pregnancy and protector of the family at night, she is depicted as a bipedal hippopotamus with the tail of a crocodile; wearing tripartite wig. Ex R.B. collection, Darien, CT, acquired in Paris September 1992. Early Ptolemaic, 4th-3rd Century BC H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2012, no. 209 BR1106 $4,750 Sales |
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