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LOT 0529
Egyptian Amulet Bead Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/8 - 5/8 in. (2.79 grams total, 8.3-14.7 mm).
Including a scaraboid, ribbed leaf, recumbent feline, and other types. [6, No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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