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LOT 0418
Egyptian Glass Mummy Eye
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (5 grams, 36 mm).
White sclera with inset black glass iris; old dealer's ticket with legend; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx John Cummings Ltd., Lincolnshire, UK.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an old information card.
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