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LOT 0328
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,694
EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION SONS OF HORUS AMULET AND SCARAB GROUP
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 BC
2 - 2 3/4" (54 grams total, 49-73 mm).
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 BC
2 - 2 3/4" (54 grams total, 49-73 mm).
A group of seven flat-section pierced amulets comprising: one with a human head (Imsety); one with a falcon's head (Qebehsenuef ); one with a baboon's head (Hapi); one with a jackal's head (Duamutef); ochre-coloured segmentation to Duamutef and Hapi; two wings of Isis with red and ochre segmentation; a scarab beetle with segmented carapace. [7]
PROVENANCE:
Ex Dubois collection, Paris; part acquired in the 1920s.