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LOT 0483
Egyptian Artefact Collection
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
5/8 - 2 1/8 in. (18.01 grams total, 16-53 mm).
Comprising a standing figure of Sekhmet, featuring a plain dorsal pillar with an integral suspension hole, lower legs missing; two hawk-headed Qebehsenuef, Sons of Horus amulets; steatite scarab with base decorated with a cartouche of Thutmose III and a Bes figure flanked by wadj signs [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 0483
Egyptian Artefact Collection
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone for Paroy
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa late 15th-early 14th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £80
Front portion of a tapering cone with the circular flat end impressed with a square-bordered design consisting of two short horizontal lines of inscription, reading: 'Scribe, Paroy'. 240 grmas, 75 mm
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
It is suggested that this cone comes from the Theban tomb of Thutmose, also known as Paroy (TT 295). However, the titles of the latter individual (Head of the Secrets in the Chest of Anubis, Sem-priest in the Good House, and Embalmer) differ from those of the person named on this cone. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Tool Group from Thebes
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising three knapped tools, each with an inked inscription 'W.Thebes 1912'. 216 grams total, 61-85 mm
Found Thebes. From the collection of A.D.Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton. -
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Egyptian Textile Fragment in Display Stand
Coptic, circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Textile fragment (clavi) with decorative motifs; mounted in a protective acrylic display. 82 grams total, 16 cm including stand
with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.
