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LOT 0635
Egyptian Blue Faience Cowroid with Uraei in Gold Ring
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1069-860 B.C.
7/8 in. (2.33 grams, 22.62 mm overall, 16.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
Slender, lentoid form with a finely striated edge design; the main motif comprises four outward-facing uraei, one in each quadrant, with a sun disc at each end, mounted in a modern gold ring.
ProvenancePrivate collection, London.
LiteratureCf. Petrie, W.M.F., Button and Design Scarabs, London, 1925, pl. XVIII, no. 1404, for a comparable design.
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LOT 0635
Egyptian Blue Faience Cowroid with Uraei in Gold Ring
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) +BP*
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Egyptian Terracotta Jar
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ovoid in profile with flared everted rim to the mouth; repaired. 140 grams, 85 mm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Egyptian Alabaster Cylindrical Storage Vessel
Early Dynastic Period, 5th-6th Dynasty, circa 2300-2100 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tubular type with everted rounded rim; old dealer's note 'Alabaster cylindrical storage vessel, semi-translucent and with veining. Small abrasion to outturned flattened rim. Probably alabaster quarries at Hatnub, to north of el-Amarna. Egypt, early Dynastic, Vth-VIth Dynasties, c.2300-2100 BC. Bought Spitalfields Market, Thursday 12/1/19'. 508 grams, 11.8 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Large Egyptian Green-Gray Slate Fish Palette
Predynastic, Naqada II, 4th millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,175
Broad and flat, the outline is shaped like a stylised, schematic fish, with an ovoid body, rounded front edge, and a gently tapering 'tail' at the rear. 858 grams, 25.3 cm
Private collection, Paris, France. Auction Millon, Paris, 27 May 2019, no.109. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13496-263056.
Predynastic fish palettes are among the more common zoomorphic types and were produced with varying degrees of naturalism and detail. This example has a similar profile to one recovered from the Predynastic cemetery at Tarkhan (Petrie, W.M.F., Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery and Palettes, London, 1917, pl. LV, 54J).
