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A Collection of Faience Beads, Amulets, and Scarabs, Late Period, 716-30 B.C., and earlier
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- A Collection of Faience Beads, Amulets, and Scarabs
- The larger mummy netting 22 by 6 in. 55.9 by 15.2 cm. as mounted
including a turquoise faience scarab with separately modeled wings, numerous strings of faience beads of various, shapes, and colors, some strung with amulets including a turquoise-glazed Eye of Horus with black details, two Children of Horus, a Sekhmet-headed aegis, Bes, a uraeus, a circular pendant molded in relief with a phallus, and two mummy nettings composed of slender turquoise faience beads.
Provenance
Ernest Cramer-Sarasin (1838-1923), Geneva, Switzerland, collected in Egypt in the fourth quarter of the 19th Century
a label on the back of the turquoise faience scarab reads "Qournah, Fev. 1888"
a label strung together with an Eye of Horus, two scarabs, and a cowroid, reads "Tell-el-Yaoudi, près Chébin-el-Kamater, Mars 1887"
a label strung together with a green-glazed steatite scarab, an amulet of Bes, and a glass trade bead of unknown origin, reads "Bubastis, 1888"
Condition
Generally good; some minor chips and manufacturing flaws.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.