Auction Highlights
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Greek Marble Head of Dionysus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23,400
Carved in the half-round in three-quarter view, youthful male head with stern features, hair gathered in a browband, horns to the brow; from a frieze or relief; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Greek Marble Head of a Ruler
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31,200
Carved in the round with thick wreath of laurel leaves to the brow, short tousled hair, stern face with thick jaw; mounted on a custom-made stand. -
Roman Veined Marble Torso of an Athlete
Sold for (Inc. bp): £48,100
Standing contrapposto with his weight on his right leg and the left leg brought slightly forward; the musculature of the torso displaying well-defined pectoral muscles, prominent abdominal muscles and wide shoulders, the back with equally toned musculature and well-formed rounded buttocks; the veining of the marble accentuating the idealised anatomy; the now-absent head was most probably turned towards the supporting leg and the left arm would have been raised; mounted on a custom-made display stand. -
Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
A high-status green chalcedony seal with frieze depicting a seated figure in horned headdress facing a standing figure with arms outstretched, small monkey to the legs; six columns of Akkadian cuneiform text transliterated as: 1. ki-di-nu UGULA KUŠ-MEŠ 2. GAL šà tan-dru-hu- 3. ra-te-er EŠŠANA šu-ši 4. u an-za-an ARAD 5. šà dha-te-ri-iš 6. šak(?) ì-lí-šu 'Kidinu, chief overseer of the equerries(?) of Tan-Ruhurater, King of Susa and Anzan, servant of Haterishshak, his god'. The seal's owner was an official of King Tan-Ruhurater II (circa 1450 B.C.), king of Susa and Anzan. The title used to describe Kidinu is sometimes translated 'high official', elsewhere 'horse groom' or 'animal trainer'; the Elamite deity Haterish is otherwise unknown. -
Mesopotamian Torch Bearer Stand with Lion Tamer
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46,800
A substantial torch bearer depicting a male lion or panther standing with legs firmly planted on a rectangular base, tail extending to the ground, with a massive circular shaped armature or candelabra issuing from its back and wearing an elaborate muzzle, the eyes retaining shell inlay with a circular hollow for the pupils; to the right of the beast a kneeling nude male wearing a large belt-armour and a diadem, eyes inlaid, left hand extended to the side and holding the lion's leash.
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Archaeological Books - Books on Medicine and Perfume of Ancient Egypt
.1948-1989 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
John F. Nunn - Ancient Egyptian Medicine - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 240 pp; Lise Manniche - An Ancient Egyptian Herbal - London, 1989, card covers, 176 pp; Joann Fletcher - Oils and Perfumes of Ancient Egypt - London, 1998, card covers, 64 pp; C.W. Leadbeater - The Perfume of Egypt and Other Weird Stories - Madras, 1948, 276 pp (2 copies). 1.8 kg total, 18.5 x 12.5 - 25 x 18 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Books on Ancient Egypt
1978-2003 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Bika Reed (trans.) - Rebel in the Soul: A Sacred Text of Ancient Egypt - London, 1978, card covers, 143 pp; Lucie Lamy - New Light on Ancient Knowledge: Egyptian Mysteries - London, 1981, card covers, 96 pp; Ian Shaw & Paul Nicholson - British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt - London, 1995, hardback with dustwrapper, 328 pp; Dieter Arnold - The Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture - New York, 2003, hardback with dustwrapper, 274 pp; John Anthony West - Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 253 pp; Alison Roberts - My Heart My Mother: Death and Rebirth in Ancient Egypt - Rottingdean, 2000, card covers, 265 pp. 5.23 kg total, 23.2 x 18.5 - 28.2 x 22.5 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - An Ancient Egyptian Book of Horus
1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Raymond Faulkner - Oxford, 1658, hardback, 41 pp, 60 plates. 515 grams, 25 x 18.5 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Viking and Medieval Book Group
1987-1991 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jonathan Alexander & Paul Binski - Age of Chivalry. Art in Plantagenet England - London, 1987, card covers, 576 pp; Julian D. Richards - Viking Age England - London, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 143 pp; Else Roesdahl - The Vikings - London, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 323 pp. 6 kg total, 29 x 22 - 24 x 16 cm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Archaeological Books - Books on Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
1988-207 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Janine Bourriau - Pharaohs and Mortals: Egyptian Art in the Middle Kingdom - Cambridge, 1988, card covers, 167 pp; Nicholas Reeves - Egypt's False Prophet: Akhenaten - London, 2001, hardback with dustwrapper, 208 pp; F. Nigel Hepper - Pharaoh's Flowers: The Botanical Treasures of Tutankhamen - London, 1990, card covers,80 pp; Leonard Cottrell - The Lost Pharaohs - London, 1969, card covers, 220 pp; Hanny el Zeini & Catherine Dees - Omm Sety's Egypt - Pittsburgh, 2007, card covers, 301 pp. 2.6 kg total, 17.7 x 11.2 - 27.5 x 21.7 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Scarabs An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Seal and Signet Rings
1908 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Percy E Newberry - London, 1908, hardback, 218 pp, 44 plates. 791 grams, 23.5 x 16.5 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Books on Religion in Ancient Egypt
1906-1957 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Patrick Boylan - Thoth: The Hermes of Egypt - London, 1922, hardback, 215 pp; Terence Gray - "And in the Tomb Were Found --" Plays and Portraits of Old Egypt - Cambridge, 1923, hardback, 236 pp; Jaroslav Cerny - Ancient Egyptian Religion - Westport, reprinted 1957, hardback, 159 pp; Margaret Murray - Egyptian Religious Poetry - London, 1949, hardback with dustwrapper, 120pp; Battiscombe B. Gunn (trans.) The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni: The Oldest Books in the World - London, 1906, hardback, 75 pp; James Teackle Dennis - The Burden of Isis - London, 1910, hardback, 59 pp. 1.81 kg total, 17.2 x 12.5 - 25.5 x 16.2 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Books on Ancient Egypt
1969-2000 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Terence Du Quesne - Jackal at the Shaman's Gate - Thame, 1991, card covers, 135 pp; Theodore M. Davies - The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou with The Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya - London, reprinted 2000, card covers, 68 pp, 78 plates; Zaki Y. Saad - The Excavations at Helwan: Art and Civilization in the First and Second Egyptian Dynasties - Oklahoma, 1969, hardback with dustwrapper, 207 pp; Discussions in Egyptology vols. 10,11,12 - Oxford, 1988, card covers. 2.18 kg total, 19 x 13 - 29.8 x 21 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Books on Queens and Women of Ancient Egypt
.1966-1999 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Anne Kapel & Glenn Markoe (eds) - Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven - Cincinnati, 1997, hardback with dustwrapper, 235 pp; Joyce Tyldesley - Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 270 pp; Joyce Tyldesley - Daughter of Isis - London, 1994, hardback with dustwrapper, 318 pp; Joyce Tyldesley - Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen - London, 1998, hardback with dustwrapper, 232 pp; Barbara S. Lesko - The Great Goddess of Egypt - Norman, 1999, card covers, 319 pp; Leonard Cottrell - Queens of the Pharaohs - London, 1966 card covers, 24. 4 kg total, 18 x 11.4 - 31 x 23.5 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Various Egyptian Book Titles
1968-2008 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3
Joseph Campbell - the Hero with a Thousand Faces - Princeton, 1968 (reprint), card covers, 416 pp; Nicole B. Hansen (ed.) - Omm Sety's Living Egypt. Surviving Folkways from Pharaonic Times - Chicago, 2008, card covers, 229 pp; Jonathon Cott - The Search for Omm Sety - London, 1987, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp; Christian Jacq - Ramses. The Battle of Kadesh - London, 1998, hardback with dustwrapper, 374 pp. 1.83 kg total, 20.5 x 13.5 - 23 x 15.5 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Food: The Gift of Osiris - Volumes 1 & 2
1977 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
William J. Darby, Paul Ghalioungui, Louis Grivetti - Food: the Gift of Osiris- Volume 1 - London, 1977, hardback with dustwrapper, 452pp + indices; Volume 2 - London, 1977, hardback with dustwrapper, 424 pp + indices. 2.94 kg total, 23.5 x 18 cm each
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Books on Ancient Egypt
1954-1992 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Richard Wilkinson - Reading Egyptian Art - London, 1992, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp; Bika Reed - The Field of Transformations - Rochester, 1987, card covers, 150 pp; Alan Richardson & B Walker-John - The Inner Guide to Egypt - Bath, 1991, card covers, 177 pp; R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz - Symbol and the Symbolic - New York, 1978 reprint, card covers, 94 pp; George Hart - A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses - London, 1986, card covers. 229 pp; Nina Davies - Egyptian Painting - London,1954, paperboards, 29 pp, 16 plates; Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt - Egyptian Wall-Paintings - UNESCO, 1962, card covers, 24 pp, 26 plates. 1.87 kg total, 16.8 x 11 - 24 x 19 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.