Coptic Carved Bone Doll

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.

Comprising: restrung necklace of mainly white annular beads and a pendant with a fragment of original mummy cloth and an old card label: 'Ancient Egyptian Necklace of Beads in bright blue glaze B.C. 900 From Prof. Petrie's excavations. Selected & finely matched beads ...specimens of ... colour' and old card label 'Blue Egyptian Necklace and Mummy Cloth'; restrung necklace of blue tubular beads with fragment of original mummy cloth and old card label 'Ancient Egyptian Necklace of the rare disc beads of B.C. 900. Fine glaze and colours. From Prof. Petrie's excavations at Gurob. Specimen of mummy cloth attached'. 20 grams total, 46-100 cm



Ex Petrie excavations early 20th century. From the estate of a deceased Sussex private collector since the early 20th century. Accompanied by two old handwritten labels.

Modelled in the round figure of a child crouching holding a bird close to his chest; socket to each ear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 67.4 grams total, 5 cm, 10 cm high including stand



Ex Herbert A.Cahn, Basle, 1960s.