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LOT 0459
Egyptian and Other Faience and Hardstone Bead Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 7/8 in. (120 grams total, 2-23 mm).
A mixed group of mainly faience, 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 0459
Egyptian and Other Faience and Hardstone Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Egyptian Seated Cat Amulet
Third Intermediate Period, 1069-702 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A carved haematite amuletic pendant of the cat goddess Bastet, sitting on a rectangular base, suspension loop behind the shoulders. 2.17 grams, 20 mm
Acquired 1980s. Private collection of L.H., Staffordshire, UK. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Egyptian Faience Figure of Sekhmet
Late New Kingdom, 1350-1070 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
A glazed composition figure of the goddess Sekhmet advancing with feline head and sun-disc headdress; dorsal pillar and rectangular base; repaired. 19.8 grams, 86 mm high
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. -
Egyptian Wooden Painted Mask
Late New Kingdom, 1350-1070 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,925
A wooden funerary mask with finely delineated painted eyes and eyebrows on a gesso ground; holes to accept attachment pegs to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.14 kg, 32.5 cm high including stand
Ex private Swiss collection, before 1960. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11600-199042.
The mask is typical of Phoenician-Punic production and likely had a funerary purpose.
