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LOT 0008
Egyptian Faience Heart Scarab
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.89 grams, 20 mm).
With fine anatomical detailing on the body and striated wingcase, legs folded beneath the body and flanked by a ribbed suspension loop.
ProvenanceEx Swedish nobleman's collection, early 20th century, reputedly from Petrie’s excavations.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 59, Fig. 59 f and g, for similar green faience Late Period scarabs.
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LOT 0008
Egyptian Faience Heart Scarab
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Glass Mummy Eye
Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
White sclera with inset black glass iris; old dealer's ticket with legend; repaired. 5 grams, 36 mm
Ex John Cummings Ltd., Lincolnshire, UK. From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an old information card. -
Egyptian Stone Scarab Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. and laterEstimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Comprising five scarabs with anatomical detailing: one carnelian with two antelopes tête-bêche; one with worn hieroglyphs on the underside; one with two neb signs flanking others; one with two neb signs flanking a standing human figure, uraeus and nefer; and one with the Horus falcon above the sign for gold (nbw). 7.5 grams total, 12-16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
The falcon on the sign of gold, meaning 'Golden Horus (or falcon)', is found in the titles of Egyptian kings and was therefore considered a potent symbolic motif on scarabs. -
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Panel with Four Sons of Horus
Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Openwork beaded panel depicting a winged scarab with the Four Sons of Horus, Hapy, Imsety, Qebehsenuef, and Duamutef below; restrung. 22.9 grams, 11.3 cm wide
Ex Mariaud de Serres collection, Paris, France, 1980s-1990s. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
Winged scarabs were often used as funerary amulets and believed to symbolise the deceased's rebirth and regeneration. The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the deceased's internal organs. Here, on the left, is the baboon-headed Hapy, protector of the lungs, then the human-headed Imsety, protector of the liver, followed by the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, who protected the intestines and, finally, the erect-eared jackal-headed Duamutef on the right, who protected the stomach.
