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LOT 0575

Egyptian Blue Glazed Amulet Collection

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

5/8 - 1 1/4 in. (14 grams total, 17.2-32 mm).

Including a glazed composition plaque formed from four conjoined wedjat motifs, a pendant with pierced-work wedjat-eye, and a pendant with a double uraei motif. [3, No Reserve]

Provenance

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

CONDITION

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LOT 0575

Egyptian Blue Glazed Amulet Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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