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LOT 0690
Egyptian Chalcedony Fluted Fruit Amulet
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.45 grams, 21 mm).
Columnar in form with basal leaves to the finial, bindings and leaves beneath the ribbed loop.
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman, 1970-2000.
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LOT 0690
Egyptian Chalcedony Fluted Fruit Amulet
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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Excavated from Egypt in 1914. From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter. -
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Opening Bid: £100
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