EGYPTIAN FAIENCE QUADRUPLE WEDJAT EYE AMULET

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Ca. 1070 - 900 BC. A faience amulet formed as a quadruple Wedjat eye plaque, the eyes arranged in opposed pairs and separated by incised framing lines, the details highlighted in dark pigment. Perforated transversely, the reverse is flat and undecorated. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession number 42.18.26b. Size: 37mm x 37mm; Weight: 11.5g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.

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