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Lot 84
An Egyptian Faience Frog Scaraboid
Sale 1188 - Antiquities & Ancient Art
May 25, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$400 -
600
Price Realized
$410
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Faience Frog Scaraboid
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1307 B.C.
Length 5/8 inch (1.7 cm).
Provenance:
Art Market, Europe.
Private Collection, New York, acquired in the 1960s-1970s.
Aphrodite Ancient Art, New York, Holiday Auction, 12 December 2016, Lot 152
The underside of the base is inscribed in hieroglyphs reading, The good God Men-Kheper-Re, the prenomen of Thutmose IV, the eighth Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.