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LOT 0573
Egyptian Amulet Bead Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/4 - 3/4 in. (3.3 grams total, 8-19.5 mm).
Group of amuletic beads and pendants including a wedjat-eye, Horus in falcon form, a seated Bastet, Bes playing a tambourine, and other types. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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