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LOT 0489
Egyptian Eye of Horus Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (7.64 grams, 33.6 mm).
Large wedjat-eye amulet with incised human and falcon elements. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13162-242767.
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.43-4, for discussion.
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