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756 - EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHICS IN TWISTED SILVER…

Estimate £300 - £600

Description

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHICS IN TWISTED SILVER RING New Kingdom to Late Period, Ca. 1550 - 332 BC. A faience scarab set in a silver ring, with the domed back marked by a single-line suture and pronotum separation, while V-shaped notches appear along the upper outer edges of the elytra. The legs are incised and naturalistic. The flat base is engraved with hieroglyphs referring to deities: the feather is a symbol of Maat (the goddess of truth and justice) but also of Shu (the god of air); the goose is a symbolic animal of the sun god Amun; the symbol upon the goose could be a very rough sun disk (its combination with the goose could suggests a reference to Amun-Re). The whole is enclosed by a single incised line. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 89.2.493. Size: D:20.78mm / US: 11 1/8 / UK: W; Weight: 5g Provenance: From a private UK collection; London market acquisition; earlier part of a Swiss collection spanning the 1980sÐ2007. This piece is accompanied by a report from Lisa Sartini, Egyptologist PHD of Chimera Heritage Consultants.

About the sale FINE ANCIENT JEWELLERY AND BEADS - THE PRINCE COLLECTION

Auction location

Auction time 10/03/2026 at 2:00 PM

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Apollo Art Auctions Ltd