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LOT 0438
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Bes, Vulture and Cobras
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (9.35 grams, 33 mm).
Naturalistically carved scarab upper; underside carved with vulture atop a figure of Bes flanked by rearing cobras. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Matouk, F.S., Corpus du scarabée égyptien. Vol. 2: Analyse thématique, Beirut, 1976, p. 374, nos. 56-59, for examples of scarabs with variant versions of this decorative arrangement featuring Bes.
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