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Collections

Group of Twenty-two AmuletsNew Kingdom (1500 - 1050 BCE)

Not on view
Small faience bead or amulet with a square form, notched edges, and a central pierced hole, covered in a worn turquoise glaze with sandy patches
Small faience plaque with cream and gray mottled glaze, cartouche-shaped with incised oval border enclosing Egyptian hieroglyphs, worn surface with brown deposits
Small faience amulet with worn turquoise-blue glaze over a porous white core, roughly square with an undulating top edge, three vertical pierced holes across the center, and a projecting form below suggesting a face or architectural element.
Small dark stone amulet in the form of a seated cat in profile, with pointed ears, rounded body, and a small horizontal projection at the left side; worn, grainy surface texture.
Small lapis lazuli amulet carved in the form of a seated crouching figure, with a suspension hole at the back and a weathered, mottled blue and white surface.
Small carved lapis lazuli amulet in the form of a crouching frog, deep blue stone with natural gold and dark mineral inclusions, worn and encrusted surface.
Small Egyptian faience amulet in a standing frontal pose with arms raised, pale turquoise glaze worn to reveal buff-colored core, with pitted surface and a suspension hole.
Small ceramic figurine seen from behind, with a compact rounded torso and bent legs; blue-gray and earthen brown surface with traces of red pigment on the head.
Small Egyptian faience amulet with heavily corroded blue-green surface, roughly trapezoidal form with a circular suspension hole and small projecting elements at the sides and base.
Small Egyptian faience amulet in turquoise-green glaze, depicting a seated figure with a flat-topped crown, worn and chipped surface revealing sandy clay beneath.
Small carved carnelian amulet in a vessel or vase form with a bulbous body, flared base, narrow neck, and suspension hole at top; polished surface with warm orange-red translucency.

Unknown, Wadjet, New Kingdom (1500 - 1050 BCE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Frederique Nussberger Tchacos, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Group of Twenty-two Amulets
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
New Kingdom (1500 - 1050 BCE)
Medium
Various materials
Credit Line
Gift of Frederique Nussberger Tchacos
Accession Number
AC1998.116.5.1-.22
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art