A very attractive large Udjat eye amulet, Egyptian, and probably Late period, mid 1st. millenium BC.
The amulet is vcarved in a hard Diorite stone, very beautiful in hand.
Size: 26-27 mm. wide and very thick.
Condition: Choice and as made, the drill went wrong, visible at the back so the artist drilled another hole just beside the first one.
Private Collection, ex Jürgen Haering, aquired at Galerie am Museum, Freiburg, 2008.
An extremely rare scarab seal, carved as an Udjat eye in grey-brown steatite, Egypt, New Kingdom, c. 15th.-14th. cent.
The eye is carved with great artistry, to creat a perfect Udjat eye with fine details and on the base, three strong hieroglyphs of the Ankh for giving Life the Uraeus and erect Cobra and lastly the flat Sun-disc.
The Ureaeus was the symbol of the Godess Wadjet and was used as a sign of Royal authority associated with Pharaos and gods...
A wonderful symethric style scarab of stylized form, Second Intermediate Period, Hyksos Period, Dynasty 15th -17th. 1786 – 1650 BC.
Interesting type with fish inside bullseye oval.
Size: 17 mm.
Condition: Nice VF, attractive brown patina and intact with some minor chipping.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973)...
An exceptionally fine Egyptian Bifacial seal or seal plaque, for Amenhoteb III, 18th Dynasty, 1390 BC-1352 BC.
The seal finely engraved with hieroglyphs. On one with the standing depiction of Ptah, the other with a bird and the carthouche of Amenhoteb.
Size: c. 17 mm. long.
Condition: Choice Extremely fine, very sharp miniature engraving and almost complete blue glazing...
Glazed steatite royal scarab with inscription stating "Akheperu-Re" (Amenhotep II), 18th dynasty, @ 1425
–1400. 3/4 inch. From a Florida estate collection. Said to be purchased in the early 1980s.
Six ancient egyptian red jasper hair rings
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Museum quality!!
Egyptian Heart Scarab classical chapter 30 B / 20-22 dynasties period.
Material: Basalt
Condition: look at pictures.
Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983
Background: The heart scarab, which first appears in Dynasty XIII, played an important role in the funerary accessories of the deceased.
Not only was it the medium for magical text, it was also a symbol of self-generation and rebirth...
Ancient egyptian carnelian scarab amulet 2,7 cm
Scarab amulets were used for their magical rejuvenating properties by both the living and the dead. Scarabs were used by living individuals as seals from the start of the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2055 BCE) onwards. These scarabs, like JHUAM 3757 and 3778, had inscriptions on their flat bottoms and could be impressed into mud or clay. The most common inscription for these scarabs was the owner’s name...
Lapis lazuli eye of Horus amulet c. 900 - 600 B.C
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Ancient Egyptian Steatite Scarab with seated Seth animal and seated Anhur above two seated baboons, each holding a lotus and other signs. Dynasty 20
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Ancient steatite scarab with sphinx, cartouche and papyrus. This type is proven for Amenophis II. and Thutmosis IV.
18. Dynastie (c. 1400 BC)
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Green glazed steatite scarab with cartouche of Neb-maat-Re (Amenophis III) and Sphinx 1,5 cm.
18. Dynastie (ca 1400-1350 BC)
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Green glazed steatite scarab with presentation of hippopotamus goddess Tuwaret 2,1 cm.
18. Dynasty (ca. 1550-1300 BC)
Origin: Egypt
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Ancient Egyptian Carnelian Scarab Amulet 2cm
This is a really lovely and rare ancient Egyptian carnelian scarab.
Dating Egyptian, new Kingdom, 1570/1070 BC
Origin: Egypt
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Ancient Egyptian Black Steatite Scarab Amulet 2,3cm
For comparable see: British Museum
Accession number: 23617
For comparable see: ISBN: 978-3-7278-1755-7 page 121 picture 1.
For comparable see: Historical Scarabs ISBN: 0890051224 page 61.
Condition: look at pictures
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A steatite motto scarab with torquise blue glazed and inscription where cobras confronted with falcon.
Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 15 (about 1650–1550 BC)
Size 13mm
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This Ointment bowl designed as a nile perch and is made out of limestone.
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Condition: look at pictures
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A faience (blue green glazed) clay Ankh is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that was most commonly used in writing and in art to represent the word for "life" and, by extension, as a symbol of life itself. Egyptian faience is a non-clay based ceramic composed of crushed quartz or sand, with small amounts of calcite lime and a mixture of alkalis, displaying surface vitrification due to the soda lime silica glaze often containing copper pigments to create a bright blue-green luster...