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