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LOT 0450
Large Egyptian Blue Glazed Solar Bead
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (24 grams, 82 mm wide).
Flat and crescent-shaped with transverse piercings to the reverse; an end spacer for a multi-strand necklace. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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Egyptian Faience Shabti
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Large Egyptian Blue Glazed Solar Bead
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Flat and crescent-shaped with transverse piercings to the reverse; an end spacer for a multi-strand necklace. 24 grams, 82 mm wide
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.
