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LOT 1915

Egyptian Style Black Granite Eye of Horus Amulet Collection

20TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 - 1 7/8 in. (28.9 grams total, 20-30 mm).

Each carved into the wedjat amulet and pierced longitudinally. [4]

Provenance

with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.

Literature

Cf. Flinders Petrie, W.M., Amulets, London, 1994, pl.XXV, fig.138p.

CONDITION

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LOT 1915

Egyptian Style Black Granite Eye of Horus Amulet Collection

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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