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LOT 0519
Egyptian Faience Amulet and Bead Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (18 grams total, 3 - 33 mm).
Mixed group including eye of Horus, flower, standing figure and other types. [29, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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