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LOT 0544
Egyptian Glass Eyes
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
1 in. (2.82 grams total, 23-24 mm).
Comprising two blue-rimmed eyes with black pupil and cream sclera, and a blue eyebrow. [3]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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