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LOT 2026
Group of Egyptian Style Stone Amulets
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 1 7/8 in. (50 grams total, 17-47 mm).
Including Bastet seated on a tongue-shaped base and other types. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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