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LOT 0533
Egyptian Blue Stone Eye of Horus Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (2.49 grams, 16.6 mm).
Carved wedjat amulet with transverse piercing at the brow. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p.161, no. 305, for similar.
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Egyptian Turquoise Scarab
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Carved in the round with longitudinal piercing, ellipsoid base. 1.21 grams, 15 mm
Ex Belinda Elliston collection, a member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, 1940s onwards. -
Egyptian Faience Scarab
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Anatomical detailing on the carapace and head, underside with a sinuous line surrounding a hieroglyph; pierced longitudinally. 11.14 grams, 31 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Brown Glazed Eye of Horus Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wedjat amuletic bead in dark brown faience with applied black detailing to the pupil and brow. 8.63 grams, 44 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.
