Collection F.K., Germany, 1970s;
Private collection, Belgium, 2021.
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Of convex form with opaque white sclera inset with dark brown irises on a bronze mount, this almond-shaped pair of eyes decorated the coffin of an Egyptian Late Period mummy.
They would have been set into the painted wooden coffin containing the mummy, which was found inside the outer stone.