Two Egyptian faience Udjat Eye amulets, c. 600 B.C.

Two Egyptian faience Udjat Eye amulets, c. 600 B.C.

Code: 1640

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Description: Two faience Udjat Eye amulets, joined by an old piece of thin string. The larger a dark blue-black example, with the pupil and eyebrow applied in black, the vertical projection below the pupil lost. The smaller, an oval-shaped flat-backed rather cursory modelled openwork example in turquoise faience.

Size: 33 mm/1.3 ins. and 20 mm/0.8 ins. across

Culture: Egyptian

Date: Both Late Dynastic Period, c. 600 B.C.

Provenance: Ex Yorkshire private collection.