Ancient Egypt, Late Period Faience Rare Pataikos Amulet - With Spanish Export License

A very rare and powerful Egyptian faience amulet, bluish-green in color, depicting the dwarf god Pataikos standing ( on two crocodiles missing today) , the god with a scarab on his head and a Horus-falcon on each shoulder, holding a serpent in each hand ( now missing) , flanked by a standing figure of Isis to his right, and sister Nephthys to his left, the back with a winged goddess Nut wearing a sun-disk, pierced behind his head for suspension. \r
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The Pataikos cippus amulet, like the closely related examples featuring Horus-the-Child, was designed to give magical protection against noxious creatures, such as crocodiles and serpents. \r
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INCLUDES CERTIFICATE FROM GALERIE CAHN ( SWITZERLAND) \r
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Condition: Base with crocodiles missing, modern suplemented. Some surface wear. Restored and repainted over fracture line on the lower area ( see pictures) . Otherwise good condition. \r
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DImensions: 5,50 cm. \r
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Similar example: Brooklyn Museum. Accesion number 37. 949E\r
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Provenance: Swiss Auction house. Swiss private collection Bonsera. Purchased in 2021 from Jean-David Cahn. Before that in the private collection of Carl Leonhard Burckhardt ( 1902-1965) \r
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Notes: \r
- The piece includes authenticity certificate. The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) \r
- If the piece goes outside the European Union a new export license will be requested by us, this process can take between 1 and 2 months. According to Spanish legislation, items sent outside the European Union are subject to export taxes and will be added to the invoice, at the buyer's expense. These export fees are fixed on the final auction price and the tax rate is not applied directly on the total value of the item to be exported, but rather the different percentages by sections are applied to it: \r
- Up to 6,000 euros: 5%. / From 6. 001 to 60. 000 euros: 10 %. \r
- Shipped with Insurance. \r
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#Diane. Chatelet