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LOT 0500
Egyptian Yellow Steatite Scarab with Cartouche
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1550-1292 B.C.
1/2 in. (1.06 grams, 14 mm).
Incised anatomical detailing on the body, underside with a cartouche of Pharaoh Thutmose III, Red crown, hes-vase and sun disc. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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Egyptian Green Stone Baboon Statuette
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Carved in the round as an amuletic baboon figure with a solar disc headdress, ribbed suspension loop behind the neck. 6.21 grams, 33 mm
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13180-249315.
Amulets of squatting baboons were often associated with Thoth, the patron deity of scribes.
