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LOT 0482
Egyptian Faience Scarab
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (0.89 grams, 18 mm).
Anatomical detailing on the head and legs, with the underside featuring sedge plant (swt), ankh, and nefer symbols. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, 1990s-early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. Ben-Tor, D., Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections: Egypt and Palestine in the Second Intermediate Period, Fribourg/Göttingen, 2007, pl. 10, nos. 3, 6-8, 12, for scarab designs incorporating the central horizontal bar with sedge plant symbols and other signs.
FootnotesScarabs featuring this design arrangement have been found in numerous sites in Palestine and were inspired by Middle Kingdom prototypes.
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LOT 0482
Egyptian Faience Scarab
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Mixed Faience Amulet Collection
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising: a face bead; two rectangular wedjat-eye beads with black detailing; an amulet depicting the Deshret crown of Lower Egypt; two seated baboon amulets; an amulet of a standing figure, possibly Sekhmet; a scaraboid with a small raised head. 4.93 grams total, 10-20 mm
From a 20th century UK collection. -
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Egyptian Black Steatite Eye of Horus Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Carved unifacial amulet with hatched eyebrow and ribbed suspension loop. 1.45 grams, 19 mm
From a 20th century UK collection.
The wedjat-eye amulet is a representation of the healed eye of the god Horus, featuring both human and falcon elements. The name Wedjat in ancient Egyptian means ‘the one that is sound.’ According to Egyptian mythology, Horus' eye was wounded or taken by the god Seth and restored by Thoth. The wedjat-eye amulet was thought to protect its wearer and bestow the power of recovery and regeneration onto them. It was very popular and used by both the living and the dead. -
Egyptian Faience Multiple Eye of Horus Amulet
New Kingdom-Late Period, 1550-332 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Green glazed amulet with two wedjats at the top and the mirror image below, pierced through the centre for suspension. 11.83 grams, 33 mm
From an early 20th century UK collection. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
