Amulet of Bastet
- Egyptian
- Dimensions
- Height x width: 2.5 x 1.6 cm (1 x 5/8 in.)
- Medium or Technique
- Faience
- Classification
- Jewelry / Adornment
- Accession Number
- 72.2724
- Not on view
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Faience; blue-green; traces of glaze; worn and incrusted; seated figure in profile to right; back flat and plain; ring at top.
By 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
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