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LOT 0507
Egyptian and Other Mixed Artefact Collection
2ND CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 3 in. (159 grams total, 3-75 mm).
Including faience, glass, marble, bronze, stucco, terracotta and wooden items such as a bangle, Byzantine trade weight, stylised coiled serpent, peg, beads, and others.
ProvenanceEx Horatio and Patsy Melas, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967; thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London.
with Chiswick Auctions, London, UK, 11 May 2016, no.132.
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LOT 0507
Egyptian and Other Mixed Artefact Collection
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£275 (EUR 319; USD 371) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Glazed Faience Scarab of Thutmose III in Victorian Gold Ring
New Kingdom, circa 13th–11th century B.C. and laterEstimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £160
The scarab modelled with a stylised head, delineated pronotum and wing cases, a longitudinal division and angular markings at the shoulders, the underside with the seated figure of a pharaoh or god, facing a vertical cartouche bearing the throne name of Thutmose III, Men-kheper-re; set in a Victorian gold mount with an open-backed oval setting, with a fine beaded or twisted-wire border and pierced, divided shoulders. 5.69 grams, 26.90 mm overall, 18.79 x 18.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection. -
Egyptian Limestone Block from a Tomb with Cartouche of Queen Nefertiti
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, 1353-1332 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 12 | Current Bid: £550
Rectangular block with a dressed face, preserving most of a low-relief cartouche containing Nefertiti's name, 'Neferneferu[aten] Nefertiti'. 1.13 kg, 11.2 cm
Acquired in March 1977. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.129. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13493-262901.
Most inscribed objects related to Akhenaten or his family were systematically smashed or defaced after his death. Some scholars think that Nefertiti then took the royal name Neferneferuaten and may have served as a co-regent or an independent ruler. -
Egyptian Banded Agate Kohl Pot
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cone-shaped body with traces of lug handles on the upper third; narrow opening at the top with a thin, flattened rim. 94 grams, 75 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
This vessel's unusual triangular shape is thought to be limited to the Late Period; other comparable examples are known (e.g. Barbotin, C., Collection égyptienne: Musée Granet - Aix-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 1995, p. 166, no. 97).
