Lot 10
Ancient Egypt, First Intermediate to Second Intermediate period, 10th to 15th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1535 BCE; end of First Intermediate to Ptolemaic period, ca. 2134 to 30 BCE; Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A remarkable trio of scarabs: 2 faience and 1 stone. Boasting impressive detail, the first faience scarab is from the 10th to 15th Dynasty and presents feathered legs, an intricate head, and incised hieroglyphs of a lion trampling an anthropomorphic figure, and a linear motif of wheat or an insect on the underside. Next, the other faience scarab is from the 11th to the Ptolemaic Period and showcases a turquoise glaze and a clearly delineated wings with hieroglyphs - possibly showing a basket, a semicircle, and hands - on the underside. Last, the stone button scarab hails from the Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic periods and is carved with modeled legs on the underside. All 3 are laterally drilled for suspension: the faience scarabs are drilled from head to wings and the stone from side to side. Size of largest (stone): 0.7" L x 0.5" W (1.8 cm x 1.3 cm)
Please note this was part of the Leavitt Hunt collection. Hunt (1831 to 1907) was a lawyer, world traveler, and photographer and the first American, if not the first person, to make a photographic record of the Near East and Mediterranean, during his "Grand Tour" from 1851 to 1852, alongside his friend, Nathan Flint Baker (1820-1891). Hunt and Baker captured calotype images of some of the greatest ancient ruins of the Classical World, and these prints are invaluable early artistic photographs as well as historical records of the sites, and several were donated by Hunt's family to the Library of Congress as part of the permanent collection, as well as other institutions. Besides taking photos, artifacts were personally collected by Hunt in the various countries he visited, including this piece.
Provenance: ex-Natalie Capron, Vermont, USA, 1972 to 2008, now by her heirs; ex-Maurice Crandall, Vermont, 1941 to 1972; ex-Clyde du Vernet Hunt, Vermont, 1916 to 1941; ex-Katherine Jarvis Hunt, Vermont, 1907 to 1916; ex-Leavitt Hunt, Vermont, collected 1851 to 1852
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#174400
- Condition: Chipping to peripheries of beige faience scarab and some nicks and softening of detail to turquoise scarab. Otherwise, all are intact, excellent, and wearable as beads or pendants.
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