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Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Bes, Vulture and Cobras Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Bes, Vulture and Cobras Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Bes, Vulture and Cobras
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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]

Provenance

UK 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.

Literature

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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LOT 0438

Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Bes, Vulture and Cobras

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

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