Rare and important 18 karat gold, platinum, faience, diamond, colored stone and enamel 'Sekhmet' brooch, Cartier, Paris. Photo courtesy Sotheby's

Egyptian goddess Sekhmet brandishing a fan of stylized lotus blossom motifs, highlighted by a diamond-set bracelet and arm band, fitted at the waist with two gold belts of zig-zag patterning set atop a plinth backed by a hemisphere with a sun disk above, all decorated with black enamel highlighted by diamonds and accented by rubies and emeralds, signed Cartier, Paris, numbered 8758, with French assay marks; circa 1925. Estimate:  $200,000 – $300,000

PROPERTY FORMERLY FROM THE ESTATE OF IYA, LADY ABDY, THENCE BY DESCENT TO THE PRESENT OWNER