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LOT 0567
Egyptian Blue Glazed Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/4 - 1 3/4 in. (20 grams total, 31-43.6 mm).
Group of four amuletic figural pendants, each standing with dorsal pillar: three examples of Taweret with hippopotamus-head and one of Anubis with jackal-head. [4]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
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Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Small fragment of a garment in yellow, green and red wool, S torsion, embroidered with female heads wearing high propoloma. 10 grams total including package, 76 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
This fragment was most likely part of a tapestry medallion with symbolic figures, likely linked to the Christian cult or, perhaps, to the Dionysian iconography. These figures could surround Tyche (a city's patron deity) or a figure of Christ or Saints. -
Historic Collection of 801 Slides of Archaeological Sites in Egypt
1960s-1980s A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Housed in five linen-covered boxes, covering Saqqara, Mereruka, Nubia, Middle Egypt, Thebes, Gebel, Tuna, Tutankhamun of the Valley of the Kings, Eighteenth Dynasty, and Abydos etc. 4.31 kg total, 26.5 x 16.5 x 6.5 cm each box
Property of archaeologist Stephanie Gee, N.W. London, UK, 1960s-1980s.
Stephanie Gee was a prominent archaeologist who took part in several expeditions in Egypt. She was a trusted assistant to the British-Australian archaeologist Veronica Seton-Williams, who excavated in Egypt, Britain, and the Near East. Stephanie also took part in the Tell El-Farâ'în expeditions of 1965-1968, and assisted Seton-Williams with preparing the 1966 expedition report. Their collaboration continued and Stephanie helped with the manuscript of Seton-Williams’ book ‘The Road to El-Aguzein’, a narrative account of her life that was first published in 1988. -
Egyptian Faience Amulet and Scarab Group
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Comprising: a Bes head amulet, a frog amulet, a wedjat, an amuletic plaque, and two scarabs. 19.8 grams total, 15-29 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
