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LOT 0066
Egyptian Blue Glass Mummy Eye Pair
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 1/4 in. (44.35 grams total including stand, 56 mm each).
Composed of overpainted white sclerae with obsidian irises, set into contoured blue glass lids with extending cosmetic lines; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceProperty of a North American gentleman, London, UK, 1990-2010.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13254-252260.
For a similar blue glass eyeliner inlay see Goldstein, S.M., Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, no. 456, p.172.
FootnotesThe eyes would have been applied to a mummy case. They were carefully bevelled and ground to fit the original mummy case. They could also have been used for the mummy masks.
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Large Phoenician Alabaster Alabastron with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Circa 600 B.C.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £7,500
Barrel-shaped in profile with a rounded base, broad shoulder and flared mouth, two lateral integral loop handles; incised hieroglyphic legend to the shoulder. 420 grams, 37 cm
Formerly in a private collection, Beirut, Lebanon, 1990s. Swiss private collection, acquired from Mr H., Geneva, 2010. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13221-249178. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00059830
In the Phoenician necropolises of Andalusia, the ashes of the deceased were enclosed in luxurious alabaster urns of Egyptian manufacture. In the Phoenician necropolis of Almuñécar, for example, some urns preserved inscriptions and emblems of various Egyptian pharaohs, who ruled the Nile region between the 16th and 8th centuries B.C. Alabaster vessels of this type, originally containing fine wines, have been discovered, albeit in smaller numbers, in the royal palaces of Assur and Samaria in the East, as part of war booty or gifts exchanged between royal houses. -
Egyptian Blue Faience Cat Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Sitting cat on a tongue-shaped base, suspension loop behind the shoulders. 0.65 grams, 16 mm
Ex London gentleman's collection, by descent 1980s. -
Egyptian Stone Scarab and Amulet Collection
Hyksos Period-Late Period, 1650-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
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.
