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Lot 9*

An Egyptian gold and rock crystal scarab ring

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian gold and rock crystal scarab ring
New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C.
The underside of the scarab engraved with the standing figure of Bastet holding a sceptre acting as the determinative to the hieroglyph of her name, mounted in a gold swivel ring, the scarab 2cm long, ring size 'X'

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Provenance:
Private collection, Scotland, acquired by the collector's great great grandmother, Mrs G.A., as a gift while working as a cook for an archaeological mission in Egypt towards the end of the 19th Century.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 6 October 2010, lot 432 (part).
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above sale.

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