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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 Faience Figure of Bes
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A green glazed composition figure of Bes standing on a base; plumed headdress and loop absent. 4.79 grams, 34 mm
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. -
Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Text
7th-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
A glazed composition shabti with square base and plain dorsal pillar, tripartite wig and false beard, arms folded across the chest holding agricultural tools and a seed bag to the left shoulder; nine horizontal bands of worn hieroglyphic text from Chapter Six of the Book of the Dead to the lower body. 212 grams, 19.5 cm high
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998. -
Egyptian Limestone Fragment with Seated God
Ramesside Period, 19th Dynasty, 1295-1186 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
A carved limestone relief fragment depicting a squatting god Amun-Re, facing right wearing a headdress topped by two ostrich-feather plumes, a segmented mantle to the shoulders, knees drawn up supporting another ostrich plume; inked accession numbers to the reverse: '974.15', '69.10019'; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 53 grams, 74 mm (84 grams total, 10.5 cm high including stand)
From a deceased American estate, acquired between 1970-1989. with Bonham's, London, Knightsbridge, 28 October 2009, lot 23 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
