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Lot 89

A group of ten Egyptian glazed composition scarabs and plaque
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7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A group of ten Egyptian glazed composition scarabs and plaque
Middle Kingdom - New Kingdom, circa 1700-1279 B.C.
Set in modern rings, mostly royal, including three scarabs set in swivel rings, one of steatite with the underside for 'Kha-nefer-ra Sobek-hotep IV', 13th Dynasty, circa 1700 B.C., one of turquoise glazed composition with a Ramesses cartouche flanked by a feather and cobra, the other of pale green glazed composition; and seven rings set with glazed composition cartouche plaques, including two for Horemheb, two for Smenkhare, one for Amenophis III, one for Sety I, and another, ring sizes 'K'-'S'; 16-19mm interior diameter of ring (10)

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Provenance:
Property from a Dutch private Collection, The Netherlands, formed in the 1960s-70s.
Sotheby's, London, 11 April 1960, lots 44 & 46B.

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