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THBEgyptian Stone Scarabs in Silver Bracelet & Ring
Lot 6
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Dec 17, 2020
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2020-12-17 10:00:00
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Fine Art, more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE. A silver bracelet and ring, each featuring sizable scarab pendants carved from stone of a creamy-beige hue and surrounded by modern borders of twisted silver. The bracelet's central scarab sits upon three bands that curve and taper to two points at each end opposite the pendant creating an open arm band. The ring exhibits two ribbons of silver forming loops that start further apart on the underside of the scarab and meet at their center to create its band. The remarkable pair of ancient scarabs is intricately carved with insectile features such as sinuous legs, a folded wing carapace, and a triangular head with a protruding clypeus. Size (bracelet): 2.375" W x 2.1" H (6 cm x 5.3 cm); (wrist opening): 1.5" W (3.8 cm); (scarab): 1.25" L x 0.875" W (3.2 cm x 2.2 cm); quality of silver: 98.5%; total weight: 40.1 grams. Size (ring): 1.1" W x 1.125" H (2.8 cm x 2.9 cm); (scarab): 1.125" L x 0.8" W (2.9 cm x 2 cm); quality of silver: 87%; total weight: 20.8 grams; US ring size 5
The letters on the underside of each pendant are silver hallmarks and likely indicate when and where the scarabs were placed in their silver settings.
Amulets of the scarab were hugely popular for over a thousand years in ancient Egypt - a symbol with staying power similar to that of the Christian cross. Scholars posit that they were worn and carried by the living, although by the time of the Third Intermediate Period, they had also become part of the increasingly elaborate battery of items to be placed into graves for protection of the dead.
Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-private Beverly Hills, California, USA collection
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#139984Wearable as shown. Stone scarabs are ancient, and silver settings are modern. Both scarabs have minor abrasions and very light softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation of insectile details.Condition
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