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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.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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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UK private collection, formed in the 1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
