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LOT 0036

Estimate
GBP (£) 1,000 - 1,400
EUR (€) 1,160 - 1,620
USD ($) 1,340 - 1,880

EGYPTIAN GLASS EYE PAIR
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
14 in. (1.3 kg total, 35.5 cm high including stand).

A pair of glass eye inlays from a mummy case, brown glass irises, painted black pupils and lateral tear ducts; mounted on a custom-made glass stand.

PROVENANCE:
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
with Jean Marc Delvaux SVV, 15 December 2017, lot 274.

LITERATURE:
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.69, for discussion.

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