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LOT 0565
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faiance Qebehsenuef Appliqué
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3 1/8 in. (6.91 grams total, 80 mm high including stand).
Flat appliqué of the mummiform, falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, one of the Four Sons of Horus in profile, with a human ear, wearing a tripartite wig and multi-row collar around the shoulders, and hanging straps on lower body; face, decorative collar and belt indicated by fine incisions; mounted on a stand.
ProvenanceEx Roger Liechti (1934-2010), Petit-Lancy, Switzerland (inv. no.E.494, written on the underside of the wooden mount); acquired in 1973 from the art dealer Mr. Wagner Terrassière, Geneva.
Thence by descent in the family, Switzerland.
The applique belonged to a set of four depicting the Four Sons of Horus with their differently shaped heads (human, baboon, jackal and falcon). These four gods, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef, were already mentioned in the Pyramid Texts of the Old Kingdom and were believed to accompany and protect the deceased from the time he or she was embalmed and buried up to the judgment of the dead. Their main function was to guard the viscera during and after mummification. The group of four objects was part of a mummy's elaborate jewellery, which also included a mummy net, a winged scarab and a broad shoulder collar. Two small holes through the back of the head and feet, which were used to sew the figure onto a textile base. Traces of yellow and blue paint. Intact.
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LOT 0565
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faiance Qebehsenuef Appliqué
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£275 (EUR 319; USD 371) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragments of Orbiculi and Segmenta with Geometric Ornament
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: an orbiculus, in red-purple wool and coarse linen, with geometric decoration; a heart-shaped bud in red, dark blue, green, and yellow wool; a fragment of a clavus with plant ornaments, in brown, yellow, green and dark blue purple wool; and a further orbiculus, with a deep blue-violet background and geometric decorative motifs outlined in raw wool, featuring fine honeycomb work and left-hand twist in red, blue, and yellow wool. 9.75 grams total, 7.5-13.4 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The fragments are decorative parts of tunics. These are fabrics of great decorative finesse, with some elements displaying an unusual and extremely well-preserved colour palette. The plant designs are related to the so-called Nilotic decorative pattern. -
Egyptian Pale Blue Glazed Hieroglyphic Shabti
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, circa 945-715 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Mummiform figure with a high-relief bag wig, a top sash band, facial details, tools, a seed bag, and hieroglyphs on the lower body in black. 42 grams, 11.6 cm
with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK. -
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Egyptian Limestone Relief with Painted Head and Hieroglyphics
Old Kingdom, 2686-2181 B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Rectangular panel with incised decoration in three registers: the top line reads: '...Per-ankh, Per-aa, Semer-heb(?)', names of two institutions, 'House of Life' and 'Great House', and a title, possibly 'courtier of the council'; the second line reads '...imakhu netjer-aa', meaning 'honoured before the Great God'; the lower register preserves the upper body and profile head of a man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a broad collar, with face and body painted red and hair black; mounted on a custom-made stand. 17.7 kg total, 51 cm including stand
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13447-260649.
