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AN EGYPTIAN GOLD FINGER RING
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
The plain hoop, round in section, joined to the edges of the rectangular bezel, engraved with a cryptographic hieroglyphic motto reading: "Sekhmet is Beautiful; The Apis Bull Lives"
78 in. (2.2 cm) wide; ring size 7½

PROVENANCE
with J.R. Ogden and Sons, London.
Antiquities, Christies, London, 31 May 1979, lot 374.
Art Market, London, acquired from the above.
Art Market, New York, acquired from the above.
Ancient Jewelry, Christies, New York, 13 December 2002, lot 502.
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