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LOT 0452
Egypto-Phoenician Rock Crystal Scaraboid with Winged Sphinx
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
5/8 in. (2.85 grams, 16 mm).
With detailed carapace and mouth parts, underside with intaglio winged sphinx sitting on a baseline with pellets beneath; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gallery, 1971.
LiteratureCf. Ben-Tor, D., The Scarab: A Reflection of Ancient Egypt, Jerusalem, 1993, p.43, for a Phoenician scarab with similar sphinx.
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LOT 0452
Egypto-Phoenician Rock Crystal Scaraboid with Winged Sphinx
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Egyptian Faience Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Naturalistic detailing to the blue stained body and legs with section of openwork between the front and back legs; hieroglyphs on base giving the good luck message 'When Amun is behind you, do not fear'; pierced for suspension. 1.72 grams, 15 mm
Ex collection of Emil Saad, Paris-Alexandria. -
Egyptian Faience and Glass Bead Group
Mostly Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Mixed group of mostly tubular glazed composition beads in various colours, with later small glass beads. 15.2 grams total, 2-20 mm
Previously with Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, and from a Paris Gallery. -
Egyptian Limestone Relief with Bound Asiatic Captive
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1250 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Sub-rectangular with keyhole-shaped aperture to the lower right edge; low-relief figure in profile wearing a tunic with circular neckline, bobbed hair swept behind the ears, sharp facial features with short goatee beard; bands of vertical fluting. 14.5 kg, 37.5 cm high
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no. 11830-207550.
The features and hairstyle of the figure resemble closely those of Asiatic captives shown on the outer wall of the temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt. It is likely that the Egyptian artists from the time of Thutmose III onwards had frequent opportunities to observe the foreigners who came, or were brought into Egypt. It is likely that the Egyptian artists were interested in differentiating the various peoples encountered by the armies on their campaigns northward during the New Kingdom. The remains of a circular aperture behind the figure probably indicates that the slab was re-used as a grindstone or a door pivot in ancient times.
