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LOT 0464
Egyptian and Greek Pottery Sherd Collection
MID 2ND-LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 - 5 7/8 in. (1.42 kg total, 3.4-15 cm).
Comprising mainly fragments of domestic ware including: handles, bases, and fragments from the bodies of the vessels, some with decoration, one with an old inked collection note 'Jun '91(?), finaqua monticulo A9, iota pre-classic, 1000 B.C.' and another with 'EL ARMARNA'. [26, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s, thence by descent 2012.
Private UK collection, Cambridge, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Egyptian Limestone Bust of a Male Dignitary
New Kingdom, 13th-12th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Carved male bust with a short-sleeved robe and tiered shebyu jewelled collar, striated wig; mounted on a custom-made plinth. 855 grams total, 21 cm high including stand
From an old UK collection. With Coincraft since the 1990s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Alberto Maria Pollastrini. Accompanied by a master copy of the Coincraft catalogue BCF 76, where this object is offered for £2,950.00. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11946-209473. -
Egyptian Faience Beaded Mummy Mask with Sons of Horus
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £222
Restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, the 'Four Sons of Horus’ beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads; mounted in a glazed frame with papyrus backing. 563 grams total, 31.2 x 21 cm
Ex Paris gallery. Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. -
Egyptian Wooden Model Boat with Oarsmen
Middle Kingdom, late 11th-early 12th Dynasty, 2010-1961 B.C.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £8,000
Comprising a cream-coloured crescent-shaped boat manned by a crew of seven oarsmen, each with a short black wig, their bodies painted in reddish-brown and wearing cream-coloured kilts; all with pivoting arms and with hands drilled to accept oars (now missing); an outline around the boat's deck and a net pattern at the prow and stern in red; a portion of an inward slanting stern post remains, with traces of another at the prow; the oarsmen re-affixed. 1.3 kg total, 41.5 cm wide
Acquired in the 1960s. From the collection of the late Egyptologist Surgeon Commander P.H.K. Gray RN. From a Surrey, UK, collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11943-209563.
Models of various boat types were sometimes provided for the same burial. For the different types see Winlock, H.E., Models of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt from the Tomb of Meket-Re' at Thebes, Cambridge MA, 1955, pp.92-103.
