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LOT 0016

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Current bid: £500 (‡+bp*)
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(1 Bid, Reserve not met)   |   Current bid: £500
EGYPTIAN ROCK CRYSTAL HEART AMULET
6TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (1.54 grams, 21 mm).

Carved with lateral triangular lugs and ribbed bale, gold wire suspension loop.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection.
Acquired in 2009.
Private collection, Europe.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. I, nos.7a-p, for type; Andrews, C., and van Dijk, J., Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz am Rhein, 2006, p.128, no. 2.34a, for type.

CONDITION