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LOT 0478
Egyptian and Other Faience and Hardstone Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 in. (167 grams total, 2-26 mm).
A mixed group of mainly composition, glass, shell and stone polychrome beads of various types and dates. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1970s.
Important European collection.
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LOT 0478
Egyptian and Other Faience and Hardstone Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Egyptian Cartonnage Foot Covering with Anubis
Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period, 305 B.C.-323 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £826
A polychrome painted cartonnage foot-case from a cartonnage mummy with two stylised bare feet to the upper face, each with a ankle panel with the god Anubis in jackal form with a flail over the shoulder, framed by geometric borders which continue around the perimeter of the foot cover; soles of polychrome chequered sandals to base. 295 grams, 25 cm wide
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
Foot-cases like this were part of group of cartonnage adornments for a mummy, which usually comprised a mask, broad collar, stomach cover, leg section, and foot-case. For a complete set found on a mummy from Abydos see Scott III, G.D., Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, Yale, 1986, pp.160-161. -
Egyptian Glass Anubis Head Inlay
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
An opaque black glass inlay in the form of the head of Anubis in jackal form; repaired. 19.2 grams, 58 mm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. -
Egyptian Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A bronze figurine of Osiris standing with flail and crook held in crossed arms, plaited beard, Atef crown to his head with uraeus above the brow, mounted on a custom-made stand. 150 grams total, 12 cm including stand
Fine condition.
Property of a London gentleman; acquired in London in 1976.
