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LOT 0068
Egyptian Blue Faience Scarab with Cartouche of Thutmosis III in Gold Loop
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (2.43 grams, 29 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan, with a gold frame to the edge, a mounting loop, and a granule finial; obverse with a cartouche of Thutmosis III flanked by addorsed uraei attached to Maat feathers; reverse with an advancing lion, with the hieroglyphs for 'lord of the two lands' behind it and those for 'good god' over its body, facing another cartouche of Thutmosis III.
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the collector's original inked images.
Cf. Rowe, A., A Catalogue of Egyptian Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals and Amulets in the Palestine Archaeological Museum, Cairo, 1936, item 518, for type.
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LOT 0068
Egyptian Blue Faience Scarab with Cartouche of Thutmosis III in Gold Loop
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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