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LOT 0500
Egyptian Red Jasper Bird Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 in. (1.35 grams, 13 mm).
The seated figure of a duck(?), its small carefully rendered head with internally detailed eyes; a transverse suspension hole through its folded wings. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.61, pl.60b, for a duck amulet, considered to represent a food offering or a symbol of resurrection.
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