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LOT 0019
Egyptian Schist Double Bird Palette
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3500 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (59 grams, 13.5 cm wide).
The crescentic body with stylised bird head ends; eyes pierced; central stem with single hole.
ProvenanceAcquired prior to 2000 from a UK collection.
Canadian private collection of Mr A.K. of Montreal.
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets, London, 1914, pl. XLII, no. 251f, for a comparable example from Naqada.
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