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Lot 42

Six Egyptian amulets
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Six Egyptian amulets
Third Intermediate-Ptolemaic Period, circa 1070-30 B.C.
Comprising three glazed composition amulets, including a turquoise cobra-headed Nehebkau with suspension loop, a turquoise flat-backed son of Horus, and an udjat eye; a lapis lazuli amulet of Banebdjede, the four-headed ram deity; a hardstone heart amulet; and a seed amulet, 1.2cm-6cm high (6)

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Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired at Sotheby's in the late 1960s.

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