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LOT 0006
Egyptian Alabaster and Glass Eye Pair
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (15.33 grams, 31mm).
The sclera white alabaster stone and the iris black glass.
ProvenanceFrom a North American gentleman's collection, 1990s.
FootnotesEgyptian coffin eye inlays were both decorative and symbolic, intended to make the coffin appear lifelike and assist the deceased in the afterlife. Typically, they featured a white sclera (glass, travertine, alabaster or quartz), a dark iris (glass or often obsidian), and sometimes red paint at the inner corner. The eyes were often set in bronze or copper frames, occasionally with faience or bronze eyebrows.
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LOT 0006
Egyptian Alabaster and Glass Eye Pair
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £40
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Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Mask
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £270
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Egyptian Predynastic Stone Frog
4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Pyramidal in form with shallow-carved hip and facial detailing. 537 grams, 81 mm
with Artemis Gallery, Munich, Germany, 2001. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12580-232124.
The frog had a great role in ancient Egyptian mythology and was connected with the mythology of creation. A number of gods and goddesses were connected with the frog such as Heqet, Ptah, and Heh. The connection with the god Ptah as a god of creation was probably due to the idea that Ptah was the only god who created the world in ancient Egypt through his heart and his tongue. Every work of the god came about through what his heart devised and his tongue commanded. Frogs were often associated with Hekat, deity of birth and fecundity. Amulets of frogs were frequent votive gifts at such Predynastic and Archaic sites at Abydos, Naqada, and Saqqara.
