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LOT 0470

Egyptian Black Stone Heart Amulet

NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1500-1200 B.C.

1 5/8 in. (13.3 grams, 41.6 mm).

Carved in the half-round, lentoid in plan, with a human head wearing a hatched wig, remains of a scarab beetle in the centre, pierced to reverse for suspension. [No Reserve]

Provenance

with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.

Literature

Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, Fig. 61, for examples of this amulet type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0470

Egyptian Black Stone Heart Amulet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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