Egyptian blue glazed steatite Bifacial seal plaque for Amenhoteb III
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1482452
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Stone: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1482452
$1,875.00
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. A gem!
Provenance: Antique dealer Lau Sundes private collection (1960s), and later in the David Utzon Frank collection.
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. A gem!
Provenance: Antique dealer Lau Sundes private collection (1960s), and later in the David Utzon Frank collection.
