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LOT 1772
Reproduction Egyptian Style Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 7 in. (482 grams total, 2.3-17.8 cm).
Comprising a turquoise shabti with hieroglyphs to the lower body, a shabti with applied black pigment, a carved scarab beetle with plain underside, Bastet pendant; after the antique. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From various auction houses since circa 2005.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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