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Amulet of Isis

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Height x width: 5.4 x 3.1 cm (2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1870
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentAmulets

DescriptionFaience; light green; glazed; lower part of figure from waist is missing; good modeling.
ProvenanceBy 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.