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LOT 0498
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
37 3/8 in. (17.9 grams, 95 cm long).
Restrung group of annular and tubular beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old English deceased estate.
Acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
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Large Egyptian Blue Glazed Hieroglyphic Shabti for Ta-Amun
Saite Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
With finely modelled facial details, a plaited beard, holding a hoe and the cord of a seed bag at the left shoulder and a pick at the right, eleven horizontal bands of hieroglyphic text to the lower body. 140 grams, 18 cm
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Egyptian Steatite Scarab for Thutmose III
New Kingdom or later, circa 1334-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Underside with cartouche of Pharaoh Thutmose III (Men-kheper-Re). 3.85 grams, 20 mm
Ex North London gentleman's collection, 1990s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
The popularity of this great Egyptian pharaoh was such that his name appeared on scarabs during his reign and into the Late Period.
