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LOT 0420
Egyptian Steatite and Faience Scarab Group
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 - 3/4 in. (7.3 grams total, 15-19 mm).
Comprising: a vibrant blue scarab with two crocodiles on the underside; a cream-coloured scaraboid with a trussed duck on the underside; a square plaque with two scarabs on the upper side, and a hawk-headed god before a seated figure of Amun on the underside. [3]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Egyptian Blue Glazed Amulet Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Including a glazed composition plaque formed from four conjoined wedjat motifs, a pendant with pierced-work wedjat-eye, and a pendant with a double uraei motif. 14 grams total, 17.2-32 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
Egyptian Terracotta Oil Lamp
Ptolemaic Period, circa 200-50 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rounded body with large filler hole and pointed lug on the shoulder, the rim with a low-relief ovolo decoration, elongated nozzle with scooped nozzle; low basal ring. 63 grams, 88 mm
From a private Wiltshire, UK, collector, acquired before 1980. -
Egyptian Mummy Glass Eye
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Comprising a blue glass frame with extended tear duct, inset with a white sclera and a large black pupil. 8.02 grams, 62 mm
Acquired in London or Japan, early 1980s. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
