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LOT 0479
Egyptian Blue Faience Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-323 B.C.
3/4 - 1 1/8 in. (7.3 grams total, 18-29 mm).
Four amulets decorated with a turquoise glaze; a shen symbol; the god Thoth in baboon form; possible bud with seal to reverse; the bottom part of a papyrus sceptre; three pierced for suspension. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection, Caernarfon, North Wales, UK.
LiteratureCf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, 1914, pls. IV 43a (shen), XXXVII 205d (baboon).
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Egyptian Bronze Per-Medjed Oxyrhynchus Fish
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
The fish displayed atop a shrine on a hollow rectangular base; attached by ventral and pectoral fins, remains of forked tail; dorsal ridge; tapering nose; recessed circular eyes; horned sun disc headdress with coiled cobra to base; figure of a worshipping priest kneeling beneath. 271 grams, 10.6 cm
Acquired in Europe before 1990. Private collection, Europe. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11833-206796.
Per-Medjed is the ancient Egyptian name of the main cult centre of this type of fish (Mormyrus kannume). The Greeks called the cult centre Oxyrhynchus Polis (meaning 'Town of the sharp-snouted fish'). In ancient Egyptian religion, these sacred fish were believed to have consumed the penis of the god Osiris after his brother Set had dismembered and scattered his body. Statuettes such as this are associated with Isis and Hathor. -
Egyptian Coptic-Fatimid Mounted Textile with Dancers
Circa 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
The woven textile fragment of linen and wool with a large horizontal decorative band depicting octagonal rosettes inscribed in rhomboids; the rosettes divided by stylised columns decorated with foliage elements; the band edged by two lateral segments formed of octagonal rosettes enclosing flowers, bordered with scalloped geometries; at the bottom four stylised dancers. 285 grams, 60 x 35.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
It is the lower part of a cloak from the Fatimid era. The end of the Coptic period was characterised by a treatment of eight-lobed rosettes, a current motif in Muslim art. The four dancers are made as simple signs. -
Egyptian Bright Blue Faience Tubular and Other Bead Group
New Kingdom, 1315-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Comprising a group of mostly tubular blue faience beads, with a few round examples; each pierced for stringing. 19 grams total, 2-16 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
