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AN EGYPTIAN GREYISH-GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION NECROPOLIS SEAL

NEW KINGDOM (1550-1070 B.C.)

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AN EGYPTIAN GREYISH-GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION NECROPOLIS SEAL NEW KINGDOM (1550-1070 B.C.) With Anubis over the Nine Bound Prisoners, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high; a steatite plaque, the obverse with Men-kheper-ra cartouche (Tuthmosis III), the reverse with a phallic man standing on a crocodile, circa 1386-1349 B.C., ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high; a glazed steatite hippopotamus seal, the reverse with Sutekh; a glazed steatite cylindrical bead with four crocodiles, 7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) long, both New Kingdom; a turquoise glazed composition stamp seal with double papyrus handle, the reverse with man standing over a building sign, enclosing Neith symbol, New Kingdom, Ramesside, circa 1300-1000 B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high; a steatite Hathor seal rectangular plaque, bearing on the obverse a cow-eared bust of Hathor, the reverse carved with hieroglyphs reading: "The servant of the Two Ladies, beloved of the people, Dw-tem", Saite Period, circa 6th Century B.C., 1 x ¾ in. (2.5 x 2 cm.); a blue glass scarab inlay, circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 1 in. (2.5 cm.) long; and eight decorated cylinder seals and beads, comprising two steatite with geometric motifs; blue faience; steatite, two rows of good luck signs, nefer, ankh, wadj, kheper; horned animals looking back between dotted spirals; Master of Animals; green faience snake, scorpion, lizard; blue faience bead, Tueris on either side of ankh-sign; and a pierced bone cylinder, 2nd millennium B.C. or later (16)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Sale Room Notice

Item one from this lot, the necropolis seal, has been illustrated on page 94 of the catalogue and has been wrongly numbered as lot 176.

Lot Essay

Item five: ink inscribed number on base "4517B".

Item one: cf. N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun, London, 1990, p. 94, seal J for similar.
Item five: cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, London, 1994, pl. 55i for similar.

See illustration on page 103 for part lot.