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LOT 0420
Egyptian Blue Faience Cup
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
2 14 in. (56.8 grams, 56 mm).
Conical in profile with a wide base and a shallow, hollow interior.
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
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Group consisting of scarabs, scaraboid and other types, some with hieroglyphs on the underside, including the cartouche of Amenhotep II (Akheperure) with the legend "Beloved of Amun". 15.71 grams total, 13-19 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Faience Shabti Collection
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £754
All are typical mummiform figures, each wearing a lappet wig and false beard, holding a pick, a hoe, and a seed bag, with an impressed column of hieroglyphs on the front and a pillar at the back. 74.88 grams total, 70-85 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenician Faience Melon Bead Necklace
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Composed of graduated melon and other beads, the central feature a discoid pendant with a hooked cross symbol; restrung with a modern clasp. 47.4 grams, 42 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1990s. Accompanied by a previous typed catalogue information card.
