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LOT 0617
Egyptian Black Stone Scarab with Seated Figure
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (2.8 grams, 17 mm).
Plano-convex in section, with the underside showing an enthroned figure holding a staff before a reed leaf, with a sun disc above.
ProvenanceFrom a mid 20th century collection.
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LOT 0617
Egyptian Black Stone Scarab with Seated Figure
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £100
Comprising: three scarabs, each with hieroglyphs on the underside; a scaraboid with two ankh motifs on the underside; and a bifacial ellipsoidal plaque with hieroglyphs on each face. 1.78 grams total, 8-9 mm
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by the collector's original inked images. -
Egyptian Mosaic Glass Bead
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Opening Bid: £90
Mosaic bead fragment with a decoration composed of black, white, and yellow glass; display stand attached. 4.38 grams, 21 mm
Ex Roger Liechti (1934-2010), Petit-Lancy, Switzerland (inv. no.E.837); received from Mr Cohen, Galerie La Reine Margot, Paris. Thence by family descent, Switzerland. -
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Shabti of the Osiris Hori
Third Intermediate Period, 1069-860 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mummiform figure wearing a lappet wig, hands placed knuckle-to-knuckle at the chest, holding black-painted hoes and a rudimentary seed bag on the back; a column of hieroglyphic inscription on the lower body: 'The Osiris. Hori(?)'; feet modelled in detail; mounted on a custom-made stand. 102 grams total, 12 cm including stand
Acquired from the Egyptian Exploration Society, 30th June 1965, for 2 shillings and sixpence. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.117.
