A PHOENICIAN GRAY CHALCEDONY SCARABOID WITH EGYPTIANIZING MOTIFS
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK CITY PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PHOENICIAN GRAY CHALCEDONY SCARABOID WITH EGYPTIANIZING MOTIFS

CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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A PHOENICIAN GRAY CHALCEDONY SCARABOID WITH EGYPTIANIZING MOTIFS
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
7⁄8 in. (2.2 cm.) long.
来源
Auktion XXV, Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, 25-26 November 1991, lot 667.
with Dr. Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Toronto and Jerusalem; thence by descent.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.
出版
G.M. Bernheimer, Ancient Gems from the Borowski Collection, Ruhpolding, 2007, p. 27, no. NE-6.

荣誉呈献

Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

拍品专文

The underside is engraved in the Egyptianizing style with a kneeling falcon-headed deity holding an ankh, flanked by wadjet eyes with projecting hands raised in adoration. Above are winged uraei and confronting birds, perhaps vultures, and, below, a spread-winged falcon flanked by uraei. In the field is a series of pseudo-letters. The scene is enclosed within a line border.

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