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LOT 0436
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Bracelet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
7 1/8 in. (2.18 grams, 18 cm).
Composed of alternating blue and cream annular beads, restrung with an elasticated string. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s.
Ex private collection.
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Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Mask
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Openwork beaded panel depicting a mummy mask with tripartite beard, a winged scarab below with the Four Sons of Horus, Hapy, Imsety, Qebehsenuef, and Duamutef below; restrung. 40.7 grams, 22 cm
From the collection of Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, 1980s-1990s. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Egyptian Stone Scarab Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £287
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. -
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Egyptian Steatite Scarab Collection
Hyksos Period and New Kingdom, 18th-13th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Each with a domed carapace, two with a figure on the underside surrounded by hieroglyphs, two inscribed with hieroglyphic signs. 15 grams total, 18-24 mm
Acquired in Europe before 1992. Ex private collection, UK.
The term ‘Hyksos’ comes from the Egyptian phrase ‘heka khasuwt’, which means ‘rulers of foreign (hill) lands’. The 15th Dynasty was governed by these Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period. They were not of Egyptian origin but were believed to be Canaanites, and their names were carved on their scarabs.
