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LOT 0525

Egyptian Faience Bead and Amulet Group

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

1/8 - 3/4 in. (22 grams total, 2-21 mm).

Comprising tubular and annular beads in blue, green and cream colours, the upper half of two Tawaret amulets, a fragmentary wedjat eye, the lower half of a seated figure, probably Isis, and a complete amulet of the god Shu.

Provenance

From an early 20th century Home Counties, UK, collection.

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LOT 0525

Egyptian Faience Bead and Amulet Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £104

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