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LOT 2353
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]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Cf. Flinders Petrie, W.M., Amulets, London, 1994, pl.XXV, fig.138p.
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LOT 2353
Egyptian Style Black Granite Eye of Horus Amulet Collection
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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