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LOT 0415
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Hieroglyphs
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 in. (7.95 grams, 27 mm).
With carved details, underside with ropework border and incuse hieroglyphs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.44, for type.
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Large Egyptian Hardstone Scarab with Hieroglyphs
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Egyptian Coptic-Fatimid Mounted Textile with Dancers
Circa 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
The woven textile fragment of linen and wool with a large horizontal decorative band depicting octagonal rosettes inscribed in rhomboids; the rosettes divided by stylised columns decorated with foliage elements; the band edged by two lateral segments formed of octagonal rosettes enclosing flowers, bordered with scalloped geometries; at the bottom four stylised dancers. 285 grams, 60 x 35.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
It is the lower part of a cloak from the Fatimid era. The end of the Coptic period was characterised by a treatment of eight-lobed rosettes, a current motif in Muslim art. The four dancers are made as simple signs.
