393, Lot: 750. Estimate $300.
Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Bloodstone heart amulet. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 1070-664 BC. Amulet of a heart with lateral piercing at top for suspension.
Dimensions: 43x33mm. Some tiny chips. A lovely stone. Petrie,
Amulets pl. I, 7d.
From the Carl Devries Collection, with collector tag labeled “12/26/69 bloodstone amulet Sayyid 50” (50 in Arabic).
Acquired from Sayyid (Sayed) Molattam, a well-known, Luxor-based antiquities dealer from whom Devries purchased many of his pieces.
