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LOT 0452
Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs
HYKSOS PERIOD, 15TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1650-1550 B.C.
7/8 in. (3.79 grams, 21 mm).
Scarab with incised detailing on the upper face; underside featuring incised hieroglyphs, including addorsed hawks and right-angled netjer signs; pierced longitudinally. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx A. H. collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Bietak, M., Czerny, E. (eds.), Scarabs of the Second Millennium BC from Egypt, Nubia, Crete and the Levant: Chronological and Historical Implications, Vienna, 2004, p. 123, fig. 9 (nos. 6-7), for scarab designs employing the hawk and netjer signs in the motif, found in a scarab workshop at Tell el-Dab'a.
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LOT 0452
Egyptian White Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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Egyptian Carnelian Fly Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With detailing to wings and body, loop for suspension above the head. 0.33 grams, 12 mm
Ex H Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s.
Although flies might seem like mere nuisances, the ancient Egyptians admired them for their speed, agility, and persistence. Fly-shaped amulets, first appearing in Naqada II burials around 3200 B.C., became particularly popular during the New Kingdom and afterwards. Made from materials such as gold, silver, faience, lapis lazuli, and bone, they served apotropaic functions, protecting against bites and warding off pests. Some may have also symbolised fertility. Gold fly pendants were even awarded by pharaohs to honour soldiers’ bravery and tenacity. -
Egyptian Applique with Aphrodite
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Fragment from a representation of the nude Aphrodite in high-relief, crouching with her left knee raised and her right knee touching the ground, holding her long hair with her hands and wearing a diadem on her head; an appliqué from a vessel with minor filling at the right thigh. 85 grams, 86 mm
Private collection, Somerset, England. with M.B., Los Angeles County, acquired 2014-2015 at a sale in the UK. with Ancient Resource, USA, Auction 70, 06 October 2018, no.7. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12827-240895. -
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Egyptian Faience Amulet of Tawaret
664-332 B.C.Estimate: £350 - 450 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Modelled in the round, with a dorsal pillar and a loop at the shoulder, the goddess is in hippopotamus form, with a human torso and arms and a crocodile tail. 7.9 grams, 50 mm
Private collection, Carouge, Switzerland, assembled in the 1980s-1990s. Thence by descent to the collection of Mr S.P., since 2020.
