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LOT 0452
Egyptian Mixed Scarab Collection
MOSTLY LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (22.75 grams total, 15-28 mm).
Comprising: three faience scarabs with detailed bodies and hieroglyphs on the underside; one carnelian scarab with plain base; one scaraboid with hieroglyphs to the underside. [5]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0452
Egyptian Mixed Scarab Collection
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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