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LOT 0535
Egyptian Assorted Faience and Other Beads in Ronson Lighter Box
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
1/8 - 5/8 in. (23 grams total, 1-17 mm).
Comprising tubular, discoid, shell, and other beads, in a vintage 'Ronson' lighter box. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceExcavated from Egypt in 1914.
From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter.
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LOT 0535
Egyptian Assorted Faience and Other Beads in Ronson Lighter Box
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Limestone Shabti of Neferrenpet
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, Ramesside Period, circa 1100 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,725
Mummiform type with arms crossed and hands modelled in relief; face framed by a tripartite wig with long lappets; four horizontal lines of inscription around the front and back of the lower body, separated by border lines and interrupted by a vertical band on the reverse; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 708 grams total, 25.2 cm high including stand
Surface slightly worn, especially in the face and at the tips of the feet.
Ex Roger Liechti (1934 -2010), Petit-Lancy, Switzerland. Thence by descent in the family, Switzerland. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13472-263059.
Neferrenpet was a popular New Kingdom name, borne by a Vizier of the South, one of the most important officials serving Ramesses II. A large (32 cm high) limestone shabti for him is now in Florence (Aubert, J-F., Aubert, L., Statuettes Égyptiennes: chaouabtis, ouchebtis, Paris, 1974, p. 96). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a smaller limestone shabti (19 cm) from the time of Ramesses II, inscribed for a sculptor named Neferrenpet (Hayes, W.C., The Scepter of Egypt. A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol 2, New York, 1990 (reprint), p. 426). However, because the inscription on the present shabti includes no titles, it remains uncertain whether it belonged to either of them or to another person with the same name. -
Large Egyptian Stone Scarab
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With incised anatomical detailing on the upper and underside of the body. 7.94 grams, 27 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Religious Motifs
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Plano-convex in section, with a segmented upper face; the underside features an incuse design of a winged scarab, two perching Horus falcons, and a winged uraeus above, with a frieze of four cobras interspersed with three nefer signs below; supplied with an impression. 3.53 grams, 19 mm
Acquired from Derek Content, 24 June 1975. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original handwritten invoice from Derek Content, dated 24 June 1975.
