Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th February 2019

Lot 1013

Twelve Egyptian steatite scarabs 2nd Intermediate Period - Late Period

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £700

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Description

Twelve Egyptian steatite scarabs

2nd Intermediate Period - Late Period, circa 1782 - 332 BC

pierced and with carved bases, including a lion facing an Ureaus, two with a lion on a crocodile, a seated Pharaoh, a striding Sphinx, a crouching antelope, a scarab beneath a horned solar disc, a Ichneumon, three with hieroglyphs and a coiled pattern,

0.7cm - 2.1cm long. (12)

Provenance

Bonhams & Brooks, 26th April 2001, lots 360, 376 and 382, part.