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LOT 0001
Egyptian Banded Alabaster Alabastron
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 1/2 in. (322 grams, 14 cm high including stand).
With a tapering honey-coloured piriform body and rimmed mouth, incised circumferential line on the shoulder; accompanied by a display stand.
ProvenanceEx Charlie Chaplin collection.
Private New York State collection, U.S.A.
Acquired from a North American auction 27 October 2009.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
Accompanied by the original catalogue page.
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Egyptian Blue Faience Shabti
Early Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With a thick and lustrous turquoise glaze, sporting a tripartite wig highlighted in darker blue glaze, and a long beard; holding a pick, hoe and a cord for a seed bag hanging over the left shoulder; raised dorsal pillar and an integral plinth; repaired. 44 grams, 11.5 cm high
Ex collection of Jacques René Fiechter, Switzerland (1920-1950). with Auction Martin, Egyptian Collection André Bircher, 1949. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
The lack of inscription hinders positive identification, but the shabti’s proportions, elegant modelling, and lustrous glaze closely match others considered to have come from an area of the extensive necropolis at Abydos, labelled “Cemetery G” by its excavator Flinders Petrie, where hundreds of blue lustrous-glazed shabtis of varying qualities were recovered. This figure is closest in style to those belonging to Petosiris, son of Djed-hor. Both were buried with similar blue lustrous-glazed shabtis that were mostly plain although a few were inscribed with an inscription. -
Large Egyptian Faience Djed Pillar Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Olive-green glazed composition amulet with ribbed panel, flared base; mounted on a custom-made stand. 78 grams total, 12.5 cm high including stand
Ex Phillipps collection, with old labels to verso. Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.
The djed pillar signifies the concepts of 'permanence' and 'stability' and was a common funerary amulet from the Old Kingdom onwards. It was first associated with the gods Ptah and Sokar, but later became a symbol of Osiris, representing the god's backbone. In this context, the djed pillar appears in Chapter 155 of the Book of the Dead, concerned with the resurrection of the deceased. -
Egyptian Wooden Face Mask
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With painted detailing to the eyebrows, eyes and headband; flesh coloured pigment remaining on the nose and forehead; prominent nose and small mouth; pierced through the chin and forehead to accept attachment dowels. 223 grams, 18.5 cm high
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
