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LOT 0491
Egyptian Faience Amulet Group
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
5/8 - 2 in. (29 grams total, 16-52 mm).
Comprising: two amulets of Isis suckling infant Horus; Horus in falcon form; a papyrus column; a djed pillar; two amulets of Thoth depicted as an ibis-headed man; a circular plaque with head of Bes, and others. [11]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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