Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

Mosaic bead fragment with a decoration composed of black, white, and yellow glass; display stand attached. 4.38 grams, 21 mm



Ex Roger Liechti (1934-2010), Petit-Lancy, Switzerland (inv. no.E.837); received from Mr Cohen, Galerie La Reine Margot, Paris. Thence by family descent, Switzerland.

Irregular wooden fragments with plaster remnants and polychrome decoration, including a representation of a Maat feather. 44 grams total, 3-10.1 cm



with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.

The scarab with clearly modelled clypeus, head, prothorax, elytra, and legs, with modern gold wire threaded through its longitudinal suspension hole; the underside is plain. 6.53 grams, 36 mm



Ex Belinda Elliston collection, a member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, 1940s onwards.

Standing nude with right hand raised to the mouth, left arm supporting a cornucopia. 85 grams, 69 mm



Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

Columnar in form with basal leaves to the finial, bindings and leaves beneath the ribbed loop. 1.45 grams, 21 mm



Property of a London, UK, gentleman, 1970-2000.

Composed of alternating blue and cream annular beads, restrung with an elasticated string. 2.19 grams, 17 cm



Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private collection.

Bifacial amuletic bead with designs: Side A: cartouche of Thutmosis IV (Menkkheperure), recumbent sphinx, winged uraeus, and sun disc with uraeus; Side B: falcon with neb, nefer, and nwb signs, among others. 6.01 grams, 26 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Nude Pataikos standing with slightly bent legs on a rectangular base; his short arms bent, and his clenched fists resting at the sides of his slightly protruding belly; janiform head topped with a smooth, closely fitting cap similar to the one worn by the god Ptah; loop at the nape of the neck for use as an amulet; mounted on a custom-made stand. 54.3 grams total, 95 mm including stand



Ex Mr E.C.(1923-2014), Israel. Inherited by his son D.L., Switzerland.

Amulets had a diverse range of functions: they were either worn by the living or used as small votive offerings in private and official cult contexts. They also played an important role in funerary practices, as they were either wrapped into the mummy, placed on it (mummy amulets), or given to the deceased as grave goods. In the Late Period, dwarfs were venerated as popular protective deities, in analogy to Bes and Harpocrates. Moreover, since the Late Period, the creator god Ptah, who was worshipped in Memphis, was also represented as a childlike dwarf.

Designs include: a line border enclosing a decorative symmetrical scroll-work pattern; a line border enclosing a horse with papyrus clumps above and in front; deeply impressed bird and other signs behind; a line border enclosing a nwb (gold) sign flanked by Red Crowns, with a bee above flanked by coiled cobras; a line border enclosing a djed, neb, and sun disc, with narrow neb(?) signs above and below. 8.76 grams total, 12-21 mm



Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Fragment from a tapestry or a cloak in light fabric, S-twist tapestry, embroidered with red, green, yellow, and blue geometric ornaments in wool and linen. 236 grams total including paper folder, 55 cm wide



Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.

Most of the linen or wool garments found by A. Gayet in the Antinoe necropolis were woven in a specific pattern, in a single piece, on a horizontal warp. Another relatively common pattern for linen garments consisted of assembling three pieces woven on a single warp and forming the upper part of the garment, with the collar and sleeves.

Group of tubular and annular beads in green, blue, and beige colours. 7.4 grams total, 3-12 mm



Ex Art Shop Windsor, 1990s. From a private UK collection.

Carved in the round as a mummiform figure, with a multi-row collar and tripartite wig; rear suspension loop. 3.12 grams, 31 mm



Private collection, acquired on the Swiss art market in 1992; thence by descent.