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The Resandro Collection of Ancient Art (Lots 14-49)
Lot 23*

An Egyptian basalt heart scarab

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,000

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An Egyptian basalt heart scarab

Third Intermediate Period - Late Period, circa 1069-332 B.C.
the underside uninscribed, 6.8cm long

Footnotes

Provenance:
Possibly with Charles Ede Ltd, London.
Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997 (R-280).

Published:
I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p.77, no. R-280.

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