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LOT 0026
Egyptian Alabaster Alabastron
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 1/2 in. (332 grams, 14 cm).
Ovoid jar with a rounded base, concave shoulders and flared neck; remains of lug handles, restored.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, SAGA 5, Heidelberg, 1994, p.89, fig.18, no.218, for a similar vessel.
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LOT 0026
Egyptian Alabaster Alabastron
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Coptic Wooden Standing Figure
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Fair condition, usage wear.
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Egyptian Amulet Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising two crouching Bastet cat figures, a hare, a fly, and a simplified Anubis. 1.56 grams total, 10-15 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
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Egyptian Hardstone Scarab
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With detailed clypeus and head, raised ridge separating the wing case, resting on an oval base with plain underside. 10.1 grams, 27 mm
From the property of a London, UK, gentleman, 1970-2000s.
The scarab, which represented the dung beetle, was the most popular amulet in ancient Egypt for approximately two thousand years until the Ptolemaic Period when it gradually fell out of favour. The popularity of scarabs extended beyond the borders of Egypt, and they were also distributed and produced in other regions, such as Phoenicia and Israel. The beetle is named khepri, derived from the verb 'to come into existence', and was considered the embodiment of the creator god Khepri, who was self-created. The ancient Egyptians mistakenly believed that the young beetle emerging from the dung ball was the result of an act of self-creation.
