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| Keywords: Egyptian - Lioness Headed Goddess - Walters 481546 - Right.jpg The lustrous blue glaze on this example of Egyptian faience a ceramic-like glazed material imitated the tones of turquoise which was imported from the Sinai Peninsula Egyptian faience was inexpensive to produce but the results were so beautiful that it was used for even very prestigious objects The lioness-headed goddess probably Wadjet is seated on a throne her left hand holding a papyrus-scepter in front of her body A loop which clarifies the function of the small statuette as a pendant is behind her back between 664 525 BC Late Period; Saite Egyptian faience with blue glaze cm 5 29 1 42 3 19 accession number 48 1546 11753 Henry Walters Baltimore 1930 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
