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LOT 0577
Egyptian Brown Glazed Eye of Horus Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (8.63 grams, 44 mm).
Wedjat amuletic bead in dark brown faience with applied black detailing to the pupil and brow. [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, pl.46.
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