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Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A mold-formed pendant of Sekhmet, the lioness-headed goddess of war, military strategy, and healing. Covered in lustrous blue glaze, Sekhmet presents in a striding pose with her left leg forward while wearing an ankle-length sheath dress. Her arms are draped to her sides while her short-cut mane drapes across the tops of her shoulders. Almond-shaped eyes, a condensed snout, perky ears, and a furrowed brow comprised her protruding visage, and her head is surmounted by a sun disc with a frontal uraeus cobra. A suspension hole is situated in the middle of the dorsal pillar to enable this figure to be worn as a pendant. Size: 0.5" W x 2.125" H (1.3 cm x 5.4 cm)

Provenance: private Toronto, Ontario, Canada collection, by descent, acquired in Egypt in 1894 to 1896

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#167108

Small nick to top of sun disc, with light pitting and encrustations, and minimal fading to glaze in scattered areas, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to finer details and most glaze pigment. Adhesive residue beneath plinth from old mounting or display stand.