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LOT 0729
Egyptian Banded Agate Kohl Pot
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3 in. (94 grams, 75 mm).
Cone-shaped body with traces of lug handles on the upper third; narrow opening at the top with a thin, flattened rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK 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).
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LOT 0729
Egyptian Banded Agate Kohl Pot
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, circa 2345-2181 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Delicately carved in the round with the head and neck laid backwards along the spine, the eyes recessed for inlays (absent); mounted on a custom-made stand. 891 grams total, duck: 12.2 cm long
Private French collection acquired before 1970. Bonhams Antiquities, 29 April 2009, no.58 (sold for £5,400.00). Bonhams Antiquities, 23 October 2013, no.8 (sold for £7,500.00). Prince collection, UK, 2013-2017. Accompanied by a French passport no.099505. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12942-245247.
Small statuettes of ducks, prepared for cooking, were created to provide imperishable offerings for the tomb. These birds appeared in almost every offering list and were depicted being brought to the tomb by offering bearers in wall scenes. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone for Hat
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 15th-14th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Almost complete funerary cone of typical tapering form, with the circular flat end impressed with two unbordered horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text, reading: "The Osiris, corn measurer of Amun, Hat". 246 grams, 70 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.
This individual's tomb remains unknown. Interestingly, this cone is a variant of Hat's known type, which is not unusual, as variant cones for other tomb owners are also known. -
Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment of a Tunic Tablion with Hare
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a tablion in coarse wool of red, green, yellow, violet and blue over white linen, scalloped borders, tapestry work (S-twist), featuring an animal (hare?) inside a square, surrounded by vegetal ornaments. 5.59 grams, 10.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The tabula, or tablion, was a square embroidery used to decorate tunics or mantles. The theme of rabbits or hares, in association with other characters and animals of the Dionysian Thiasos, has notable parallels. Such representations are linked to narratives of the Dionysian cycle.
