ID 1360656
Lot 11 | AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE COMMEMORATIVE SCARAB FOR AMENHOTEP III
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, 1390-1352 B.C.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Reverend William MacGregor (1848-1937), Bolehall Manor, Tamworth.
The MacGregor Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, Sotheby’s, London, 26 June-6 July 1922, lot 458.
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), San Simeon.
with Gimbel Brothers and Saks Fifth Avenue, under the direction of Hammer Galleries, New York, 1941 (Art Objects & Furnishings from the William Randolph Hearst Collection, p. 297, no. 451-65).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acquired from the above (Acc. no. 41.2.5); deaccessioned in 1958.
Private Collection, New York.
Art Market, New York.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2024.
Literature
C. Blankenberg van Delden, The Large Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III, Leiden, 1969, p. 156, no. LSC 8, pl. XXXIII.
| Medium: | Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | New Kingdom |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | New Kingdom |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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