A Steatite Button-shaped Seal, late 6th/11th Dynasty, circa 2200-1938 B.C.

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 USD

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Description

A Steatite Button-shaped Seal
Height 7/8 in. 2.3 cm.

surmounted by the figure of a woman seated on the ground and holding her child in her lap, and wearing a striated centrally parted wig, an abstract design carved underneath, the suspension loop on the back missing.

Provenance

Christie's, London, June 8th, 1988, no. 136, illus.
Christie's, London, April 20th, 2005, no. 383, illus.

Catalogue Note

Cf. Hayes, Scepter of Egypt, vol. 1, p. 142, fig. 194. For button-shaped seals of this period also see Newbury, Scarabs, pp. 56-61.