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LOT 0410
Egyptian Steatite Pharaoh Thutmose III Royal Scarab
NEW KINGDOM, 1334-332 B.C. OR LATER
1 in. (7.42 grams, 25 mm).
With fine detailing to the clypeus, head and legs; underside with cartouche for Thutmose III flanked by winged scarabs.
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.
Literature
Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p. 182, no. 367, for a scarab featuring Thutmose III's cartouche flanked by rearing cobras.
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