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LOT 0458
Egyptian Bead Panel with Four Sons of Horus and Winged Scarab
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
4 7/8 in. (46 grams, 12.5 cm high).
Restrung as an openwork panel with a winged scarab above and the four sons of Horus below as two opposing pairs.
ProvenancePreviously on French art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
Cf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p.114, no.43, for a bead-work shroud incorporating a winged scarab and Four Sons of Horus.
FootnotesThe Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the internal organs of the deceased. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines.
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LOT 0458
Egyptian Bead Panel with Four Sons of Horus and Winged Scarab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph Print of Hieroglyphs
1820 A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Leclerc - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 69 from La Description de l’Égypte: Antiquités, Volume II: Commission des sciences et arts d’Égypte with later backing sheet. 350 grams, 132 x 65 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). The papyrus is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. -
Egyptian Gold Pendant Collection
New Kingdom-Ptolemaic Period, 1550-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
Comprising: a sheet-gold wedjat eye; a gold sheet penannular ring, possibly a wig ornament; a sheet-gold bead formed as a granulated female bust; gold aegis of Sekhmet wearing a broad collar and sun disc; a black snake's head mounted in gold with red carnelian eyes, possibly later replacements; mounted in display frame with purple velvet backing. 235 grams total, 15.3 x 10 cm
with Christie’s, London, 10 December 1986, no.64 (part). Property of a gentleman. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12130-214291. -
Egyptian Bright Blue and Turquoise Faience Bead Necklace
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Restrung with mainly dark blue annular beads with interspersing annular beads in contrasting colours; central feature composed of similar annular beads and of seven tubular turquoise beads; modern clasp. 5.17 grams, 47 cm
From an early 20th century UK collection.
