RARE PAIR OF EGYPTIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD EAR PLUGS FOR MUMMY

拍品描述

New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A pair of gold ear plugs, each of a bell-shaped body with a flaring base and a tapering neck to a rounded, grooved terminal. Size: 17-19mm x 10-11mm; Weight: 3g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr. Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery. A significant number of objects from this collection were also published in a professional catalogue. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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