AN EGYPTIAN PALE ELECTRUM FINGER RING, NEW KINGDOM,... Lot n° 23

An Egyptian solid finger ring made from pale electrum with engraved oval cartouche to front depicting the figure of God Bes (protector God of women, children and childbirth) in the centre and the bust of the God Anubis (principal god of the dead) on the right and left the standing figure of the God Taweret with her hand resting on the sa sign, a hieroglyph that means "protection". USA 5.5, Europe 11. 13.20 grams. CONDITION Intact. PROVENANCE Property of An English gentleman, part of his family's collection. Thence by decent since early 1970s.