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LOT 0042
Phoenician Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
1 in. (4.34 grams, 26.44 mm overall, 15.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).
The scarab with lightly incised anatomical detailing, the underside with a central cartouche flanked by two rearing crowned uraei, a pair of falcons standing above the cartouche facing a smꜣ hieroglyph symbolising union (of the two lands, Upper and Lower Egypt); set into a later gold swivel ring.
Provenancewith Bonhams, London, UK, 21 October 1999, no.36.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12370-226696.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 1,2, for earlier examples of the type.
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LOT 0042
Phoenician Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Composed of blue tubular beads interspersed with brown annular beads; restrung. 8.44 grams, 90 cm
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Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Composed of light blue tubular beads interspersed with darker coloured annular beads; restrung. 8.7 grams total, 101 cm long
Acquired on the UK art market, circa 1980. Property of an East London, UK, collector. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
