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LOT 0480

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET BUST
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 in. (1 1/3 in.) (3.7 grams total, 22 mm high (32 mm high including stand)).

A composition amulet fragment in the form of the head and upper torso of a goddess wearing a long lappet wig and remains of a crown, with stylised detailing to the face; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

PROVENANCE:
From an earlier 20th century collection.
with Charles Ede, London, UK, stock number 2700.
Acquired circa 1999-2002.
Property of a South Oxfordshire private collector.

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