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LOT 0537
Collection of Egyptian Faience and Steatite Scarabs with Gold Mounts
SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD-LATE PERIOD, 1782-332 B.C.
1 - 1 1/4 in. (9.85 grams total, 24-32 mm).
Comprising: grey scarab with gold mounting pin, frame and loop, three panels on the underside with ankh and other motifs; grey scarab with traces of turquoise surface, gold mounting pin and loop, hieroglyphs on the underside; cream scarab with gold mounting pin and loop, frieze of three figures on the underside, the middle figure wearing an atef crown. [3]
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the collector's original inked images.
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LOT 0537
Collection of Egyptian Faience and Steatite Scarabs with Gold Mounts
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice
New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, 1315-945 B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
The lotiform cup modelled as an open lotus flower with incised petal detailing to the outer face, short stem and flared foot; some restoration. 205 grams, 12.1 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12937-243177.
Faience chalices shaped like the flowers of the white lotus (Nymphaea albicans) first appeared in the 18th Dynasty and are believed to be drinking vessels. -
Egyptian Assorted Faience and Other Beads in Early 20th Century Tin Box
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly glazed tubular, globular, barrel and other beads; in a vintage 'MacRobertson's' chocolate box. 74 grams total including tin, 1-16 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. -
Romano-Egyptian Pottery Shrine
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tubular type with domed 'beehive' roof and pierced lug at the apex, carinated collar and rectangular opening. 127 grams, 10.4 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
