Egyptian Jasper Bead with Horus as a Falcon

LATE NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.

1/2 in. (1.3 grams, 12 mm).

Plano-convex bead with incised image to the underside.

Provenance

Acquired 1969-1999.
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 57, for design on scarab.

CONDITION

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LOT 0470