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LOT 0421
Egyptian and Other Glass and Stone Bead Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1/2 in. (57 grams total, 2-12 mm).
Comprising a quantity of small beads, of mixed shapes, colours and materials; each pierced for stringing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Egyptian Faience Hieroglyphic Scarab Group
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Comprising: two white glazed composition with hieroglyphs to the underside; three similar in blue-green. 9.4 grams total, 12-19 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980. -
Egyptian Stone Scarab Collection
New Kingdom, 1315-332 B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £286
Each polished, pierced for suspension and engraved with hieroglyphs or other symbols to the base; three carved with scarab detailing to the upper face. 8.06 grams total, 13-20 mm
Acquired 1980s-1990s. Private collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK. -
Egyptian Decorated Wooden Vessel with Stopper
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Spheroid wooden flask and stopper; the outer face with incised alternating bands of radiating triangles and hatching, the equator with frieze of perching birds and a hatched sunburst to the underside; turned hollow wooden stopper with carinated profile and flanges. 11 grams, 74 mm
Ex family collection since the 1950s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
The vessel is a version in lathe-turned wood of a type known to have been produced in glass.
