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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5418927, member: 110350&quot;]I thought the photo I posted in the OP of the faience 26th Dynasty reclining lion was rather blurry, which I found annoying since it&#039;s one of my favorite pieces from any dealer. (My fondness for ancient coins depicting animals definitely extends to ancient artifacts!)</p><p><br /></p><p>So here&#039;s another try. Maybe these are a little clearer in terms of being able to see the details:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235162[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1235161[/ATTACH]</p><p>Amulets like this are apparently pretty pricey these days, even though it&#039;s only 4.8 cm. long.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one currently on sale at a British gallery for £2,500 even though it &quot;looks&quot; smaller than mine (the dimensions seem to be omitted), and I don&#039;t think it&#039;s as nice regardless of price: <a href="https://store.barakatgallery.com/product/26th-dynasty-faience-amulet-of-a-jackal-copy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://store.barakatgallery.com/product/26th-dynasty-faience-amulet-of-a-jackal-copy/" rel="nofollow">https://store.barakatgallery.com/product/26th-dynasty-faience-amulet-of-a-jackal-copy/</a>. [The url says jackal but it&#039;s definitely supposed to be a lion.] And here&#039;s a link to another one in the same gallery that looks about the same as mine; I don&#039;t think it&#039;s that much nicer:&nbsp; <a href="https://store.barakatgallery.com/product/26th-dynasty-faience-sculpture-recumbent-lion/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://store.barakatgallery.com/product/26th-dynasty-faience-sculpture-recumbent-lion/" rel="nofollow">https://store.barakatgallery.com/product/26th-dynasty-faience-sculpture-recumbent-lion/</a> . But if you were to sign up and log in to see the price, all it says is &quot;Price on Request.&quot; So presumably a lot more than £2,500. I paid considerably less (even at Royal Athena!), although of course that was almost 30 years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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