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LOT 0031
Romano-Egyptian Agate Scarab Engraved with the Goddess Fortuna Mounted in a Gold Ring
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.34 grams, 22.63 mm overall, 19.34 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Scarab with incuse image to the underside of Fortuna with cornucopia and ship's rudder; in later gold swivel ring.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe.
Acquired on the English art market.
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LOT 0031
Romano-Egyptian Agate Scarab Engraved with the Goddess Fortuna Mounted in a Gold Ring
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 580; USD 675) +BP*
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Egyptian Steatite Tilapia Fish Plaque Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
The domed upper face shaped as a fish with scale detailing, the underside has three hieroglyphs consisting of a men (draughtboard) sign, with a figure of a standing deity wearing a sun-disc crown next to a large Maat feather to the right, pierced longitudinally. 1.72 grams, 16 mm
Ex Mustaki collection, early 20th century, UK. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
Fish amulets symbolised regeneration. -
Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Modelled in the half-round in a standing pose, wearing the atef crown with flanking ostrich plumes and frontal uraeus; holding the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) regalia in his hands arranged knuckle to knuckle; lower legs absent. 12.7 grams, 60 mm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Egyptian Rock Crystal Locust Pendant
New Kingdom, circa 1400–1292 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Carved in the round with closed wings and a slightly curving body, pierced through the body for suspension. 3.7 grams, 26 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
The depiction somewhat resembles a cicada, although this would be very rare in ancient Egyptian plastic arts. The grasshopper and the locust were known in Egyptian as sꜣnḥm or snḥm. Although the insect was often depicted in Old Kingdom tomb scenes, it appeared in various other forms of visual art, such as amulets, cosmetic vessels, and beads, only during the New Kingdom, when it served as a symbol of regeneration.
