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LOT 0552
Egyptian and Phoenician Stone Scarab Group
NEW KINGDOM-LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1380-332 B.C.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (7.7 grams total, 13-17 mm).
Mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids, all inscribed on the undersides with hieroglyphs and motifs, including the cartouches of Amenhotep III and Thutmosis III. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0552
Egyptian and Phoenician Stone Scarab Group
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Pale Blue Glazed Shabti
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, circa 945-715 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Mummiform figure with a high-relief bag wig, a top sash band, facial details, tools, a seed bag, and hieroglyphs on the lower body, all rendered in black pigment. 40 grams, 10.8 cm
with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK. -
Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragments of Orbiculi, Segementa and Tablia from a Tunic with Animals, Geometric and Cross Decoration
Circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising a small orbiculus, with a lion, green on brown linen; fragment of a clavus, in red, yellow, green wool, s-torsion, with figures and scalloped borders; a large orbiculus, in red wool on purple linen, dentilled edges; a fragment of a tapestry with vegetal ornaments in red, yellow and green wool; a long tunic segmentum with crosses and stars inside lozenges, in yellow and dark purple. 17.94 grams total, 7.6-35.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The fragments are decorative parts of tunics. These are fabrics of great decorative finesse, with some elements displaying an unusual and extremely well-preserved colour palette. The large segmentum with crosses most likely belonged to an ecclesiastical garment. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile Terminal Fragment of a Clavus with Putto
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With a putto flying over a red woven surface, in red, green, and yellow wool, S-twist tapestry. 26 grams total, 52 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
Among the many fragments of wool tunics, there are several long strips that match to form a nearly full-length central pectoral clavi. They were patterned with a profusion of small figures like this flying putto, kept in one orbiculus (round embroidery), forming the finial of a clavus.
