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LOT 0473
Egyptian Faience Fragment Group
MOSTLY LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 - 2 in. (75 grams total, 26-53 mm).
Mixed group of fragments, including two from a shabti figure. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the late collection of a Cornish couple, formed from the early 1990s.
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