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LOT 0523
Egypto-Phoenician Period Haematite Scarab with Winged Figure
700-500 B.C.
5/8 in. (6.52 grams, 17 mm).
Schematic scarab body with a scene on the underside of an advancing winged figure.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 0523
Egypto-Phoenician Period Haematite Scarab with Winged Figure
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) ‡+BP*
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