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LOT 0493
Egyptian and Other Artefact Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/4 - 1 3/4 in. (5.35 grams total, 6-46 mm).
A mixed group comprising: a miniature glazed composition shabti; two gold domed discs, one with a granule cluster to the apex; a gold lozenge cell with granulation to the rim; a square gold cell with flanking loops and granulation; a gold triangular panel with granulated dividers, triangles to the upper edge; a gold domed disc with quartered design and rosettes, granulated; a gold leaf-shaped pendant and chain links; three gold cells with carnelian inlays. [8]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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