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LOT 0530
Egyptian Agate Scarab Group
GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD, 332 B.C.-323 A.D.
3/8 in. (1.6 grams total, 9-11 mm).
A group of two carved agate scarabs, pierced for suspension; simple detailing to the wings, heads and legs. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980s.
Private collection of L.H., Staffordshire, UK.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Egyptian Male Head Inlay
Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
A glass or garnet model of a clean-shaven male head with a headdress formed as rope bands; amuletic insert for a piece of jewellery. 12.5 grams, 24 mm high
with HVMC, Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, 19 January 2022, lot 63. English private collection. -
Egyptian Cartonnage Foot Covering with Anubis
Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period, 305 B.C.-323 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £826
A polychrome painted cartonnage foot-case from a cartonnage mummy with two stylised bare feet to the upper face, each with a ankle panel with the god Anubis in jackal form with a flail over the shoulder, framed by geometric borders which continue around the perimeter of the foot cover; soles of polychrome chequered sandals to base. 295 grams, 25 cm wide
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
Foot-cases like this were part of group of cartonnage adornments for a mummy, which usually comprised a mask, broad collar, stomach cover, leg section, and foot-case. For a complete set found on a mummy from Abydos see Scott III, G.D., Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, Yale, 1986, pp.160-161. -
Egyptian Glass Anubis Head Inlay
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
An opaque black glass inlay in the form of the head of Anubis in jackal form; repaired. 19.2 grams, 58 mm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France.
