with Blumka Gallery, New York, 1975. Harer Family Trust Collection 1975-2005. Ancient Egyptian Art From The Harer Family Trust Collection; Christie's, New York, 9 December 2005, lot 39
Worn flaked chips around the top of the sun disc. Another chip on the reverse of the piece along the lower edge of the wig, otherwise in good condition with some minor encrustation. With a mount.
An aegis is a collar-like necklace (often called a broad-collar) bearing a divine head as symbol of protection and fertility. It is most commonly found on the prow of a sacred boat, or barque, of a god, but small ones could be used with a mummy. Lions or cats were generally the subjects for an aegis, but just as often we may find the head of a god like Isis or Amun, as seen here.
Exhibition catalogue, G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, p. 61, no. 33B.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, periodically 1986-1991.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
