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LOT 0406
Egyptian Steatite Heart Scarab
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
7/8 in. (2.89 grams, 22 mm).
With ribbed carapace and suspension loop to underside.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the early 2000s.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
Cf. Ben-Tor, D., The Scarab: A Reflection of Ancient Egypt, Tel Aviv, 1993, p.77, no. 8, for a similar type.
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Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Pectoral
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Large rectangular shrine-shaped pectoral with subtle cavetto cornice top; obverse with black-painted Anubis reclining on a low pedestal, the reverse with two stylised tyet flanking a djed pillar; four piercings through the rear edge. 20 grams, 45 mm
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Egypto-Phoenician Agate Scarab
8th-6th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Plano-convex in section with incised segmentation to the carapace, underside with two hatched avian figures; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 5.65 grams, 20 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Romano-Egyptian Melon and Other Faience Beads
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising blue and green glazed beads, mainly melon types. 39 grams total, 10-19 mm
Ex London, UK, art market, 1990s.