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LOT 0447
Egyptian Alabaster and Ceramic Group
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, AMARNA PERIOD, 1353-1336 B.C.
1 1/8 - 3 in. (94 grams total, 29-78 mm).
Comprising: an alabaster fragment with two deeply incised lines and part of a hieroglyph; a portion of a narrow rectangular inkwell with two feet on the underside; a fragment of an opaque blue glass vessel with dark blue, yellow and white decoration; and a fragment of a decorated Mycenaean vessel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 0447
Egyptian Alabaster and Ceramic Group
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Polychrome Faience Amulet in Revival Gold Brooch
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. and laterEstimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
The central blue-and-yellow polychrome faience mummiform figure, set in a nineteenth-century gold brooch, is flanked by two Egyptianising attendants, with a winged sun-disc motif below and a pin fitting on the reverse. 4.24 grams, 24 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. -
Egyptian Assorted Faience and Other Beads in Early 20th Century Tin Box
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly glazed tubular, globular, barrel and other beads; in a vintage 'MacRobertson's' chocolate box. 74 grams total including tin, 1-16 mm
Excavated from Egypt in 1914. From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter. -
Egyptian Chalcedony Fluted Fruit Amulet
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Columnar in form with basal leaves to the finial, bindings and leaves beneath the ribbed loop. 1.45 grams, 21 mm
Property of a London, UK, gentleman, 1970-2000.
