Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

Poppy-head amulet necklace restrung with later seed beads. 21.9 grams, 45 cm long



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

The group comprising scarabs, scaraboids, and other types, some with hieroglyphs on their undersides, including the throne names of Thutmose IV (Men-kheperu-re) and Ramesses II (User-maat-re Setep-en-re)., 13.65 grams total, 9-19 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Isis enthroned wearing a cow's horn headdress with a solar disc fronted by uraeus, suckling the infant Horus on her lap; Horus with a side-lock of youth. 73.4 grams, 68 mm



Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

In ancient Egyptian mythology, Isis was the sister-wife of Osiris and the mother of the sky god Horus. She is associated with aspects of fertility and motherhood and is often depicted in various artworks seated in a nursing pose with her son Horus on her lap, as here.

With detailed head and carapace; underside with incuse ibex and crouching feline motifs. 2.11 grams, 16 mm



From an old English collection. Ex Fellows Auctions, 31 January 2023, no.950. Private collection, London, UK.

A bifacial flint arrowhead with a pronounced hollow-base form. 2.55 grams, 35.6 mm



From the late collection of a Cornish couple, formed from the early 1990s.

Many hollow-base flint arrowheads were uncovered during excavations at Neolithic sites in Egypt, such as the Fayum region (cf. British Museum EA58736) and Merimde Beni Salama in the Delta (cf. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology UC10909).

Formed as a coiled snake with chevron decoration on the head. 1.96 grams, 17.82 mm overall, 11.83 mm internal diameter



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Modelled as a domed face of Hathor with small cow-ears and a wig with coiled lappet ends, and an advancing cow on the underside. 10.18 grams, 32 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Modelled in the round figure of a priest kneeling on a base with hands on his thighs; loop behind the shoulders. 1.16 grams, 19 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Domed body with incised detailing, underside showing a man tending his land. 3.21 grams, 15 mm



From a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.

Group of two barrel-shaped penannular rings. 13.75 grams total, 18-24 mm



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Proof etching on laid paper of plate 98 from Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. entitled Vue de l'Esplanade ou Grande Place du port neuf et de l'Enceinte des Arabes, Seconde partie. 233 grams, 105 x 66.5 cm



From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor).

Detailed carapace and head, underside with animals and wedjat motif; pierced longitudinally. 6.65 grams, 24 mm



Mrs Allinson to Mrs Foster, 1867 and thence by descent to the current owner, Stanley Crescent, London, UK.

This scarab design has been dated to the 18th Dynasty, though originals or copies have been found at Naukratis and at other sites in the Mediterranean, dated from the 8th to the 5th centuries BC.