Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th February 2019

Lot 1011

Fourteen Egyptian steatite scarabs 2nd Intermediate Period - New Kingdom

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £950

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Description

Fourteen Egyptian steatite scarabs

2nd Intermediate Period - New Kingdom, circa 1782 - 1070 BC

pierced and with carved bases, including a striding figure and a crocodile, a crouching Jackal, a scarab and a Sphinx, a horse and symbols, a figure holding a Lotus flower, the prenomen of Tutmosis III, hieroglyphs titled Lord of the Two Lands, a scarab above a Neb and two Nefer signs, a scarab and two Uraei, Taurt, three with hieroglyphs, another with scrolls and a plaque with a scarab and Maat feathers,

1.3cm - 2.2cm long. (15)

Provenance

Bonhams & Brooks, 26th April 2001, lots 375 and 384, part.