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

Modelled in the round as a hedgehog with a square hatched body, almond-shaped eyes and a short snout; drilled for suspension. 3.79 grams, 20 mm



London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Modelled in the round with a segmented upper face, plain underside and a transverse suspension hole through the body. 0.93 grams, 10 mm



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

Striped linen fabric, embellished with red wool and linen tapestry featuring butterfly-like motifs; side clavus decorated with alternating dots and geometric bands; S-twist. 24 grams total including paper folder, 36.5 cm



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

The fragment might have belonged to a wall hanging, but its resemblance to the fabric from Antinoe and its lightness do not rule out the possibility that it was part of a scarf.

Rectangular openwork plaque with two blooming lotus flowers, one on each side, pierced twice for suspension. 1.77 grams, 14 mm



From an early 20th century UK collection. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.

A tablion in purple and red wool on linen, showing a male figure inside a medallion, four circlets on the corners. 3.41 grams, 82 mm



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

The tabula, or tablion, was a square embroidery used to decorate tunics or mantles. Such images, depicting black warriors or hunters, are possibly related to the Dionysiac cortege or to Nilotic iconography.

Carved from light-green feldspar, with a ribbed suspension loop above. 1.78 grams, 17 mm



London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Blue-glazed faience amuletic bead modelled as a lioness's head, pierced vertically through the nostrils with two holes. 2.5 grams, 21 mm



From a mid 20th century collection.

Decoration from the lower part of a tunic, featuring segmenta and clavi adorned with oval medallions (orbiculi) enclosing running hares and two nude, striding warrior figures facing in opposite directions, each holding a shield; white linen ground with tapestry-woven decoration, S-twist. 51 grams total including paper folder, 49.5 cm



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

The theme of rabbits or hares, in association with other characters and animals of the Dionysian thiasos in a hunting setting, has notable parallels. Such representations are linked to narratives of the Dionysian cycle.

Funerary figure with sockets for separate pivoting arms, ankle-length kilt with peg base; painted facial details and hair; mounted on a custom-made stand. 107 grams, 32.2 cm (179 grams total, 36 cm including stand)



Previously with Bonhams in the early 2000s. with Lyon & Turnbull, 17 November 2022, no.545. Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a copy of the Lyon & Turnbull catalogue listing.

Comprising a beaded winged scarab with the Four Sons of Horus beneath. 24.2 grams, 10.5 cm



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

Winged scarabs were often used as funerary amulets and were believed to symbolise the deceased's rebirth and regeneration. The Four Sons of Horus were deities who safeguarded the deceased's internal organs. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef the intestines.

Comprising: three cartouche-shaped inlays, a djed pillar, two standing deities (possibly Isis and Horus), and a narrow, fragmentary inlay (possibly another cartouche). 8.98 grma total, 31-37 mm



From a 20th century UK collection.

Mixed group of beads, including two cat-shaped amulets, a hybrid dwarf with a ram's head, bird wings and tail, wearing a lunar crescent-and-disc headdress, large barrel-shaped bead, and others. 47 grams total, 1-23 mm



Ex 1990s collection.