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LOT 0421

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EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 180

Current bid: £15 (+bp*)
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(2 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £15
EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB GROUP
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 - 3/4 in. (5.05 grams total, 16-18 mm).

Group of three scarabs, each with a hieroglyphic inscription to the underside. [3, No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Cohen, Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, inv.no.249, for similar in Israel Museum, inv.no.76.18.271.

CONDITION