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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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Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the 'Environs du Kaire' (Cairo and district)
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 16 from Vol .I of Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. entitled Environs du Kaire. Plan particulier de l'île de Roudah, du vieux Kaire et du Gyzeh. 238 grams, 105.5 x 69.5 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). The original papyrus is now held in the Bibliothèque Nationale (1-19), Paris (Papyrus Cadet). -
Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re
Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Two mummiform shabtis from the same mould, wearing a lappet wig and false beard, and holding a pick, hoe, and miniscule seed bag; inscribed with a column of hieroglyphic text on the front repeating the opening dedication "The illuminated one, the Osiris" ( sḥḏ wsỉr), and another on the dorsal pillar giving the name of the deceased, possibly to be read as Ha-bener-Re (ḥꜢ-bnr-rꜤ), a Ka-priest (ḥm-kꜢ). 16.4 grams total, 72 mm each
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Amethyst Ba-Bird Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Crouched figure of a human-headed Ba-bird on a rectangular base, carved in the round. 0.62 grams, 9.8 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016.
