Mother of Akhenaten, Grandmother of “King Tut”

371, Lot: 1009. Estimate $300. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. Queen Tiye (1398-1338 BC). Steatite scarab with partial blue glaze (14x10mm). Face depicts Tiye’s name including three maat (“truth”) symbols and nemet nesewt Tiye or “the royal wife Tiye.” She became the great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III, and was the mother of Akhenaten and grandmother of Tutankhamun. A desirable piece. Pierced. Cf. NFA 138-9.

From the Carl Devries Collection.