A LAPWING PRAYING, opaque white, red and dark blue detail, in translucent cobalt blue matrix

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A LAPWING PRAYING, opaque white, red and dark blue detail, in translucent cobalt blue matrix
1st Century B.C./A.D.
½in. (1cm.) square

Lot Essay

The bird is the hieroglyph rekhyt symbolising "the common people"

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