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LOT 0692
Egyptian Glazed Steatite Plaque with Thutmosis IV Cartouche and Hieroglyphs
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1419-1386 B.C.
1 in. (6.01 grams, 26 mm).
Bifacial amuletic bead with designs: Side A: cartouche of Thutmosis IV (Menkkheperure), recumbent sphinx, winged uraeus, and sun disc with uraeus; Side B: falcon with neb, nefer, and nwb signs, among others. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0692
Egyptian Glazed Steatite Plaque with Thutmosis IV Cartouche and Hieroglyphs
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Egypto-Phoenician Haematite Scaraboid Seal
Circa 5th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £950
The upper side is modelled as a scarab with a stylised head, prothorax, elytra, and legs; the underside bearing a rampant lion and a statant winged gryphon. 8.35 grams, 21 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.3095.WW. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12715-234628. -
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1782-1550 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With incised anatomical detailing on the body, the underside bears the hieroglyphs rꜤ-n-rꜤ. 2.04 grams, 17 mm
Acquired from various London-based, UK, antiquity dealers. From a Derbyshire gentleman's private museum formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s. -
Egyptian Steatite Scarab Collection
Mostly Late Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period, 1780-1500 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids, including: stylised foliate motif with a sa sign; central entwined cords with curled tops and tails, and nefer signs; a falcon with outspread wings and sun disc above, surmounting a fallen enemy; a group of hieroglyphs: a central mes flanked by reed leaves, with a water sign n above, and a neb sign below; a falcon with outspread wings, with two maat feathers and stylised cobras above; a central hes vase flanked by rearing cobras. 32.6 grams total, 15-28 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
