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LOT 0567

Egyptian Blue Glazed Amulet Collection

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

1 1/4 - 1 3/4 in. (20 grams total, 31-43.6 mm).

Group of four amuletic figural pendants, each standing with dorsal pillar: three examples of Taweret with hippopotamus-head and one of Anubis with jackal-head. [4]

Provenance

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

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LOT 0567

Egyptian Blue Glazed Amulet Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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