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EGYPTIAN STEATITE COWROID WITH FLORAL COMPOSITION IN SILVER …
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EGYPTIAN STEATITE COWROID WITH FLORAL COMPOSITION IN SILVER …
Estimate £300 - £600
Voluntary lot
Description
EGYPTIAN STEATITE COWROID WITH FLORAL COMPOSITION IN SILVER SWIVEL RING.
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom, Ca. 2030 - 1069 BC. A blue-glazed steatite cowroid, a seal-amulet derived from the shape of the cowrie shell (used in Egypt from early times as both an ornament and a symbol of fertility) with blue glaze, set in a possibly later silver swivel ring with a plain hoop. The flat base is engraved with a floral composition including a tied lotus flower on a basket (neb sign), with a water ripple sign below. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 22.1.487; P. E. Newberry, An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Seals and Signet Rings, 1908, Plate XLII n. 8. Size: D:21.79mm / US: 12 1/2 / UK: Z; Weight: 3g Provenance: From a private UK collection; London art market acquisition; earlier in an Oxford private collection dating to the 1990s.
About the sale
FINE ANCIENT JEWELLERY AND BEADS - THE PRINCE COLLECTION
Auction location
Auction time
06/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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