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LOT 0443

Phoenician Faience Scarab with Face

6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

3/8 in. (0.55 grams, 10 mm).

Discoid scarab with plain reverse, stylised human face. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Button and Design Scarabs, London, 1925, pl. IX, nos. 302-304, for similar examples.

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LOT 0443

Phoenician Faience Scarab with Face

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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