ANCIENT EGYPTIAN STAMP SEAL OF THUTMOSE III
EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY 1479–1425 B.C.
£500
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
carved bone, bearing the feather of truth alongside the cartouche of Thutmose reading men-khepher-ra, the reverse bearing a further cartouche and sphinx
Dimensions
2cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Henry Villiers-Stuart collection, acquired in Egypt in circa 1880.
The Dublin Museum, deaccessioned 1920's.
A. Foxwell Collection, thence by descent.