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LOT 0504
Egyptian Bead Necklace with Scarab
LATE PERIOD, 664-525 B.C.
22 7/8 in. (9.72 grams, 58 cm long).
A restrung necklace of composition beads of various types with polychrome glazes, together with a central scarab with seated deities to the base.
ProvenanceEx early 20th century French collection.
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Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A restrung necklace composed of glazed faience tubular beads; modern clasp. 8 grams, 47.5 cm long
From an early 20th century UK collection. -
Egyptian Glass Eye Pair
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
A pair of glass eye inlays from a mummy case, brown glass irises, painted black pupils and lateral tear ducts; mounted on a custom-made glass stand. 1.3 kg total, 35.5 cm high including stand
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. with Jean Marc Delvaux SVV, 15 December 2017, lot 274. -
Egyptian Amulet and Other Artefact Collection
Middle Kingdom-Roman Period, 2024-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A mixed group of mainly composition artefacts and fragments comprising: a steatite scarab beetle inscribed with a scarab, cobra and crown to base, 2024-1700 B.C.; tilapia fish, symbol of regeneration, c.1300 B.C.; Taweret hippopotamus goddess of child birth, c.1300 B.C.; sphinx amulet, c.1300 B.C; alabaster kohl jar fragment sticks, c.1400 B.C.; Djed pillar amulet, c.600-300 B.C.; stone playing counter, c.300-50 B.C.; two fruit amulets, c.18th-19th Dynasty; fragment of a large Eye of Horus, c.600 B.C.; Eye of Horus amulet with nfr sign on reverse, c. 1000 B.C. 66.8 grams total, 8-39 mm
From an old UK collection. From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016) part 2, keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Accompanied by twelve identification display cards. Accompanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt.
