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LOT 0622
Egyptian Agate Portrait Cameo with Taenia
GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.77 grams, 26 mm).
Ellipsoid plaque with reserved high-relief profile bust, wearing a diadem in the hair. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
FootnotesEgyptian-style or Hellenistic/Ptolemaic agate cameos featuring a portrait bust bound with a taenia (a narrow fillet or headband) typically represent a royal or divine figure from the Graeco-Roman or Ptolemaic period in Egypt.
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LOT 0622
Egyptian Agate Portrait Cameo with Taenia
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
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Egyptian Bone Doll
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Highly stylised human figurine with cuts to indicate features. 9.03 grams, 11.6 cm
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Egyptian Cartonnage Section with Eye and Wing
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-860 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Sub-rectangular in plan with irregular and fragmented edge; prepared plaster surface featuring a line-bordered column with four cursive hieroglyphs naming Behedet (bḥdt); a section of finely painted outstretched wing with feather detailing to lower edge in red and blue; below, a wedjat eye in black with red medial band; fabric back to reverse. 48 grams, 17 cm
Formerly from an old collection of a Wiltshire, UK, collector, acquired before 1980. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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