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LOT 0550
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Horus and Uraeus
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 in. (3.42 grams, 19 mm).
Detailed carapace and head, underside with a rearing cobra and Horus in falcon form. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceMrs Allinson to Mrs Foster, 1867 and thence by descent to the current owner, Stanley Crescent, London, UK.
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