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LOT 0465
Egyptian Blue Glass Ring
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
11/4 in. (10.61 grams, 32.49 mm overall, 19.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Wound construction with raised partially gilded decoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 15, for type.
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Egyptian Stone Scarab Collection
Mostly Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising six scarabs carved with simple anatomical detailing, each pierced for suspension and displaying an engraved motif to the base: a griffin; hieroglyphs; geometric designs and additional forms, possibly a galloping quadruped and an insect. 4.1 grams total, 9-15 mm
Collected since the 1970s. Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017. -
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Egyptian Bronze Atef Crown Feather From a Life-Sized Statue
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
The ostrich feather with deep recessed cells, likely once inlaid, and a tapering mounting lug to one side; mounted on a custom-made display stand; remnants of gilding. 1.2 kg total, 33.5 cm high including stand
Seward Kennedy collection, acquired 1960s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11840-207822.
This large feather would have been attached to a wooden statue of Osiris. The Atef crown identified Osiris, god of the underworld, in Ancient Egyptian symbolism. The two ostrich feathers adorning the crown represent truth, justice, morality, equilibrium and the cult centre of Osiris in Abydos. The ostrich feather was also associated with Ma'at. -
Egyptian Calcite Jar
Early Dynastic Period, 2900-2350 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,222
Carved from 'Egyptian alabaster' or marble, squat-bodied with a broad, rounded shoulder and narrow flat base, short neck and everted rim, four pierced lugs to the shoulders incorporated into a circumferential band of engraved cross-hatching. 746 grams, 11.8 cm
From a British collection, acquired in 1993. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11835-206783.
