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Lot 124*

An Egyptian basalt heart scarab

23 June – 7 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, New Bond Street

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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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