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LOT 0016
Egyptian Amethyst Horus Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 in. (5.9 grams, 27 mm wide).
Shown in the form of a falcon modelled perched on a rectangular base; drilled for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century Home Counties, UK, collection.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 67(a), for type.
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LOT 0016
Egyptian Amethyst Horus Amulet
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Wooden Animal-Headed Furniture Leg
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Representing the head, chest and split forelegs of a lion with ochre-tan surface and applied black detailing; ledge to the reverse and socket to accept a mounting peg or mortice; mounted on a custom-made stand. 260 grams, 33 cm high (529 grams total, 35.5 cm high including stand)
Fine condition.
Swiss collection prior to late 1990s. Private London collection since 1999. -
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Egyptian Bronze Amun-Min-Kamutef Statuette
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
Modelled in the round as a votive ithyphallic figure wearing a double-plumed crown with a sun disc, holding a flail in his outstretched right hand and his erect phallus in the left; mounted on a custom-made display base. 538 grams total, 21 cm high including stand
Acquired on the London art market. Ex 'K' collection, 1990-2020s.
Amun-Min-Kamutef was a syncretic deity combining the attributes of Amun, the supreme god of the Egyptian pantheon, and Min who represents sexual procreativity. The iconography of Amun's ithyphallic form Kamutef is essentially that of Min, and serves to emphasise the sexual prowess of the god. Kamutef means 'bull of his mother' and appears to refer both to Amun's sky-goddess mother in her cow form and to the bull's sexual prowess and strength. -
Egyptian Faience Amulet Group
New Kingdom, Amarna Period, 1353-1336 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Composed of polychrome amulets of various types, with suspension loops. 1.53 grams total, 9-22 mm
From an early 20th century collection, Surrey, UK.
