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LOT 0653
Egyptian Amarna Painted Pottery Fragments
NEW KINGDOM, AMARNA PERIOD, 1353-1336 B.C.
1 3/8 - 2 3/4 in. (65 grams total, 36-70 mm).
Including bowl fragment with painted flower detailing, and other types. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private collection formed 1970s-1990s.
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LOT 0653
Egyptian Amarna Painted Pottery Fragments
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Carnelian Hair Ring Collection
New Kingdom, circa 1400–1292 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Each a penannular lentoid-section type with narrow slot. 17 grams total, 16-20 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Egyptian Steatite and Other Scarab Group
Mainly Second Intermediate Period, circa 1660-1500 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Designs include: a line border enclosing a decorative symmetrical scroll-work pattern; a line border enclosing a horse with papyrus clumps above and in front; deeply impressed bird and other signs behind; a line border enclosing a nwb (gold) sign flanked by Red Crowns, with a bee above flanked by coiled cobras; a line border enclosing a djed, neb, and sun disc, with narrow neb(?) signs above and below. 8.76 grams total, 12-21 mm
Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile Fragment of a Pair of Segmenta
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a double segmenta, in purple wool over linen, embroidered with interlaced vegetal motifs; mounted on linen backing. 82 grams total, fragment: 13 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
Among the many fragments of wool tunics, there are several segmenta, made to embroider the cuffs of the tunics. They are patterned with a profusion of small figures or interlaced abstract designs, especially plants, with a contrasting border filled with geometric motifs.
