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LOT 0448
Egyptian Hardstone and Faience Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 - 1 in. (10.8 grams total, 13-25 mm).
Including red jasper heart ib, bunch of grapes, seated Hathor, Horus falcon, a sow, hand in 'fica' gesture, tilapia fish and other types. [11, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion.
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