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LOT 1941
Egyptian Style Stone Bastet Amulet
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.2 grams, 18 mm).
Figure of a seated cat carved in the round with its tail curled to the side. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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