Lot no. 720
PAIR OF EGYPTIAN BRONZE AND STONE INLAID EYES.
Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC
A pair of inlaid eyes formed as elongated bronze frames with pointed inner and outer corners, each set with a yellowish stone sclera and a convex blue stone iris.
Size: 100-100mm x 20-20mm; Weight: 50g.
Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired in Switzerland; formerly with W.R. , late 1980s to early 1990s.
For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 1991.11.3a, b.
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