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LOT 0036
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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LOT 0036
Egyptian Glass Eye Pair
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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