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LOT 0534
Coptic Wooden Standing Figure
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
9 3/4 in. (214 grams, 25cm).
With drum-shaped head and incised eyes, slender neck, reserved breasts, right arm bent with hand extended, trim waist, full hips, seated on a rectangular throne(?); deep vertical slot to the left side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important central London collection formed since the mid 1960s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Egyptian Anhydrite Cosmetic Bowl
Middle Kingdom, circa 2040-1780 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Conical in profile with rounded rim, narrow disc base; repaired; a rare stone. 33.68 grams, 39 mm
Ex William Ohly, 1883-1955. Ex Abbey Museum, Barnet, by descent.
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Egyptian Faience Nefertem Statuette with Hieroglyphs
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Presented in a striding pose with his left leg forward and his arms at his sides; wearing his emblem, the lotus-flower headdress from which two plumes emerge, and a menat on each side; dorsal pillar with hieroglyphs, beginning with the incantation: "Words spoken by Nefertum, son of Sekhmet...." 42.8 grams, 11.6 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Nefertum is usually depicted as a young man wearing a headdress with a lotus flower or a crown featuring the flower. The god is often linked to beauty, healing, and the lotus flower, with his cult connected to the royal family and the cycle of rebirth. Nefertum’s imagery and symbolism associate him with themes of creation, renewal, and the sun; he symbolises the first sunlight and the pleasant scent of the Egyptian blue lotus flower, emerging from the primal waters within an Egyptian blue water lily.
