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EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZE STEATITE SCARAB IN SILVER SWIVEL RING.
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EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZE STEATITE SCARAB IN SILVER SWIVEL RING.
Estimate £300 - £600
Voluntary lot
Description
EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZE STEATITE SCARAB IN SILVER SWIVEL RING.
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2030 - 1640 BC. A blue glaze steatite scarab with a domed back featuring smooth contours, with no suture or pronotum lines. On the flat base, enclosed within a decorative scroll border, are hieroglyphs that form a traditional formula of good wishes for a joyful and good life every day (Aw ib ankh nefer ra neb). Set in a possibly later silver swivel ring with a flat-section hoop and lateral wire coils. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 22.1.311, 26.7.326. Size: D:21.79mm / US: 12 1/2 / UK: Z; Weight: 12g 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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