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LOT 0638
Egyptian Bell-Shaped Cartonnage Element from a Mummy Case
GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (20 grams, 69 mm).
Bell-shaped in form with a conical top feature, the outer face is primed to accept painted petal detailing; inner layers are in loosely woven fabric. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s.
From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.
Cf. Edgar, C.C., Catalogue Général du Musée du Caire Nos. 33101-33285, Graeco-Egyptian coffins, masks and portraits, Cairo, 1905, pl. XLVI; Portraits funéraires de l’Égypte romaine: Cartonnages, linceuls et bois, pp.90-91, no. 7; pp. 96-97, no.10, for two upper halves of cartonnage cases with modelled breasts.
FootnotesIntriguing object. Possibly a breast from a cartonnage mummy case. For example, some Roman-period cartonnage cases from Akhmim were modelled with female physiognomies, including wide hips and modelled breasts.
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LOT 0638
Egyptian Bell-Shaped Cartonnage Element from a Mummy Case
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Egyptian Mummy Bead Mask with Four Sons of Horus and Winged Scarab
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Beaded polychrome mummy mask with a false beard, a winged scarab and the Four Sons of Horus beneath. 56.8 grams, 26 cm
From the collection of Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, 1980s-1990s.
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Egyptian Mixed Scarab and Scaraboid Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising (from left to right, top to bottom): 1) a scarab with an oval border containing a goose, nefer(?), and a reed leaf; 2) a scarab with an oval border featuring a triple lotus flower motif at the top and bottom, with a middle row of floral bundles; 3) a scaraboid with a long oval border containing a cross pattern incorporating scrolls, coiled cords, and floral elements; 4) a scarab with an oval border featuring a hes-jar flanked by two cobras; 5) a scarab with a standing male figure holding a sceptre/mace and a flail, flanked by two highly stylised rearing cobras; 6) a plain scarab; 7) and a scarab with an oval border containing the name Amun-Re, a neb symbol, and a lotus flower. 13 grams total, 11-23 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
