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Including turquoise, white, and cream scarabs with segmented carapaces and lateral leg detailing, hieroglyphs and symbols on the underside, and one slender cowroid bearing a stylised depiction of Bes. 9.27 grams total, 14-20 mm



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

Biconvex in section with volute detailing to the shoulders and nozzle, central discus and three chevron bands to the shoulder; old collector's ticket 'Ancient Roman small red lamp of pretty style & decorative design. 2nd century. Excavated at Alexandria. Finely preserved.' 51.6 grams, 77 mm



From Alexandria, Egypt. From the estate of a deceased Sussex private collector since the early 20th century. Accompanied by an old, original handwritten collector's ticket.

With incised anatomical detailing on the body and legs, the underside features a nude female figure with large forward-facing ears, standing between two branches. 2.25 grams, 19 mm



Acquired from various London-based, UK, antiquity dealers. From a Derbyshire gentleman's private museum formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s.

Textile fragment (clavi) with decorative motifs; mounted in a protective acrylic display. 82 grams total, 16 cm including stand



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

Plano-convex in section, underside with nfr and ankh hieroglyphs meaning 'good life', with a stylised lotus plant motif above and below. 2.36 grams, 20 mm



Excavated from Egypt in 1914. From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife, Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter, Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come, from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter.

Ellipsoid plaque with folded lateral arms and ribbed suspension loop above; the underside decorated with a depiction of a lion attacking a man or animal. 22 grams, 36 mm



London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.

With incised anatomical detailing on the body, underside inscribed with a scene of a falcon and a sacred bark, flanked by stylised Red Crown (deshret) motifs; pierced longitudinally. 4.48 grams, 21 mm



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

Modelled as clenched fist with slender wrist, drilled for suspension with a coiled gold wire. 2.00 grams, 22 mm



From the collection of an American gentleman, London, UK, 1980s.

Plano-convex in section with eye, mouth and scale detailing. 1.76 grams, 19 mm



Ex Chris Belton Artefacts, 1980s.

Comprising two long strips (clavus) with alternating figures of hunting puttoes with shields, hares and lions. 16.14 grams total, 22-23 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.

Modelled with a slender mummiform body on a small rectangular base; the long face framed by a striated tripartite wig and false beard; the hands of the imperceptibly crossed arms hold a hoe and a pick; the right hand also holds a cord from which a seed bag hangs over the figure's back; a dorsal pillar on the reverse; uninscribed. 102 grams, 14 cm



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

Although uninscribed, the distinctive long face, manner of hand styling and long striated wig lappets suggest that it may come from the same mould as another shabti in the World Museum, Liverpool (Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from the World Museum, Liverpool, Lymm, 2016, p. 501, no. 264b).

Beaded polychrome mummy mask with a false beard, a winged scarab and the Four Sons of Horus beneath. 56.8 grams, 26 cm



From the collection of Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, 1980s-1990s.

Bead masks like this were attached to the outside of a mummy's wrappings and often formed part of an elaborate beaded feature covering the entire body.