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EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE FISH SCARABOID IN SILVER SWIVEL RIN…
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EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE FISH SCARABOID IN SILVER SWIVEL RIN…
Estimate £300 - £600
Voluntary lot
Description
EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE FISH SCARABOID IN SILVER SWIVEL RING.
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A turquoise-glazed steatite Tilapia fish scaraboid with an incised eye, hatched fins, and a fanned tail. The flat underside is engraved with a hieroglyphic inscription consisting of an expression of good wishes and protection, including part of the royal title 'Lord of the Two Lands'. Set in a possibly later silver swivel ring with a plain hoop and wire binding at the junctions. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 26.7.125; 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: 7.7g 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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