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LOT 0515
Egyptian Faience Anubis Amulet
664-332 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (4.92 grams, 46 mm).
With rectangular base and dorsal pillar pierced at the shoulders, Anubis in human form with short klt, jackal's head with large ears.
Provenance
Collection of an amateur, Carouge, Switzerland, assembled in the 1980s-1990s.
Thence by descent to the collection of Mr S.P., since 2020.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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