ID 888500
Lot 159 | SIX EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AND STEATITE SCARABS
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF THUTMOSE III TO 20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1479-1069 B.C.
Mounted as a bracelet in a mid 20th century sterling silver setting.
Largest scarab: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) long; bracelet: 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) long
Provenance
with Elie A. Abemayor (1883-1941), Cairo.
Rose Mae Ashby (1878-1959), Chicago and Atlanta, acquired from the above, 1939; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Faience, Stone |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | New Kingdom |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Faience, Stone |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | New Kingdom |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Address of auction |
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