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LOT 0434
Egyptian Bifacial Steatite Amuletic Plaque with Cartouches for Tuthmoses III
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1479-1425 B.C.
3/4 in. (2.93 grams, 18 mm).
Amuletic bead, bifacial with designs: Side A - cartouche for Tuthmoses III with ankh, lion couchant, crown and other motifs; Side B - cartouche as on Side A with perching birds above and below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx John Cummings Ltd., Lincolnshire, UK.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an old information card.
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LOT 0434
Egyptian Bifacial Steatite Amuletic Plaque with Cartouches for Tuthmoses III
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Egyptian Alabaster Miniature 'Torpedo' Flask
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Ovoid in profile with a pointed base, narrow opening, and hollowed interior. 62.6 grams, 57 mm
From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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Egyptian Alabaster and Glass Eye Pair
Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
The sclera white alabaster stone and the iris black glass. 15.33 grams, 31mm
From a North American gentleman's collection, 1990s.
Egyptian coffin eye inlays were both decorative and symbolic, intended to make the coffin appear lifelike and assist the deceased in the afterlife. Typically, they featured a white sclera (glass, travertine, alabaster or quartz), a dark iris (glass or often obsidian), and sometimes red paint at the inner corner. The eyes were often set in bronze or copper frames, occasionally with faience or bronze eyebrows.
