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LOT 0424
Egyptian Steatite Scarab
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (1.54 grams, 16 mm).
Displaying semi-naturalistic detailing and hieroglyphs to the base with cartouche of Tuthmoses III; pierced for suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected since the 1970s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
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Egyptian Faience Hieroglyphic Scarab Group
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Comprising: two white glazed composition with hieroglyphs to the underside; three similar in blue-green. 9.4 grams total, 12-19 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980. -
Egyptian Decorated Wooden Vessel with Stopper
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Spheroid wooden flask and stopper; the outer face with incised alternating bands of radiating triangles and hatching, the equator with frieze of perching birds and a hatched sunburst to the underside; turned hollow wooden stopper with carinated profile and flanges. 11 grams, 74 mm
Ex family collection since the 1950s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
The vessel is a version in lathe-turned wood of a type known to have been produced in glass. -
Egyptian Faience Bead Mummy Mask with Collar
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Comprising a restrung panel of small glazed composition beads in various colours representing a mummy face mask with false beard and collar; framed and glazed. 556 grams, 27.5 x 28.5 cm
Ex collection of Mr & Ms François & Marion Reber - Burki, Rue des Beaux-Arts 10, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Collected in the first part of 20th century by Mr F. Burki, father of Ms Marion Reber.
