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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
The following two lots were acquired by the present owner's grandfather in Egypt before 1885.
A group of glass and glazed composition inlays and amulets
LATE PERIOD/PTOLEMAIC, 7TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A group of glass and glazed composition inlays and amulets
Late Period/Ptolemaic, 7th-1st Century B.C.
Including an opaque red glass inlay in the form of a row of uraei, 2 3/8 x ¾in. (6 x 2cm.); an opaque yellow and an opaque red glass trussed cow; an opaque blue glass and another, translucent blue, inlay of a squatting falcon-headed deity; an opaque blue glass human-headed Son of Horus, Imsety; a similar scarab; a group of glazed composition amulets including a green Osirian triad plaque; a turquoise djed-pillar; a hardstone heart amulet; a green glazed composition frog scaraboid with inscribed base; and an opaque white eye inlay with dark pupil, 2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high max. (a lot)
Late Period/Ptolemaic, 7th-1st Century B.C.
Including an opaque red glass inlay in the form of a row of uraei, 2 3/8 x ¾in. (6 x 2cm.); an opaque yellow and an opaque red glass trussed cow; an opaque blue glass and another, translucent blue, inlay of a squatting falcon-headed deity; an opaque blue glass human-headed Son of Horus, Imsety; a similar scarab; a group of glazed composition amulets including a green Osirian triad plaque; a turquoise djed-pillar; a hardstone heart amulet; a green glazed composition frog scaraboid with inscribed base; and an opaque white eye inlay with dark pupil, 2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high max. (a lot)