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LOT 0432
Egyptian Blue Faience Clothing Mounts
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
1 - 1 1/4 in. (124 grams total, 25-30 mm).
Group of rosette mounts, each plano-convex in profile with two attachment holes to the centre and pierced loops to the rim. [29]
ProvenanceUK private collection, formed in the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Egyptian Faience Amuletic Pendant
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Formed as a broad collar with a Horus head finial supported by two cobra heads. 0.92 grams, 14 mm
Ex early 20th century collection, London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Egyptian Black Stone Head of a Female
Middle Kingdom, late 12th Dynasty, 1862-1787 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Carved in the round head with almond-shaped eyes and copious hair, detailed ears; jawline, neck and cheeks abraded. 1.1 kg, 94 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The nearly spherical shape suggests that the head was repurposed as a pounder. -
Egyptian Silver Hathor Amulet
Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
D-shaped mask representing the human-headed Hathor with cow ears and a short beard, a ribbed suspension loop above. 0.7 grams, 11 mm
From an early 20th century collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.