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LOT 0471
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Amulet of the God Khnum
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 1/4 in. (13.72 grams total, 57 mm including stand).
Fragment with dorsal pillar and ram-headed deity, mounted on display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from S. Michael Greenford, circa June 1961, for 7 shillings and sixpence.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.91.
Cf. Andrews, C., and van Dijk, J., Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz am Rhein, 2006, p. 229, no. 3.39, for a comparable intact example.
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LOT 0471
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Amulet of the God Khnum
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Qebehsenuef Attachment
Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Highly stylised head of the falcon god Qebehsenuef, one of the Four Sons of Horus, with incised feather decoration to the front, flat-backed, with two holes for attachment. 5.45 grams, 25 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
This amulet was likely attached to a visceral package or sewn onto mummy bandages. Qebehsenuef protected the intestines. -
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Egyptian Turquoise Blue Glazed Faience Shabti with Cartouche of Kedmerut
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, circa 825-777 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mummiform shabti wearing a lappet wig, bearing a faintly modelled royal uraeus on the brow, with arms crossed and hands holding black-painted hoes, a black-painted seed belt across the back, black detailing on the face, and hieroglyphic text on the lower body giving the introduction 'The Osiris' followed by Kedmerut's name within a cartouche. 60.8 grams, 99 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Kedmerut was the 23rd Divine Adoratrice of Amun, a title originally bestowed on the daughter of Amun’s chief priests during Hatshepsut’s reign (1473–1458 BC). By the Third Intermediate Period, these priestly women also held the title ‘God’s Wife of Amun’ and wielded considerable power, effectively ruling Upper Egypt as sovereigns. Indeed, Kedmerut’s shabti bears a uraeus on its forehead, symbolising kingship. -
Egyptian Bone Monkey Amulet
New Kingdom, circa 1400-1292 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Carved in profile as a kneeling monkey, pierced for suspension. 4.27 grams, 43 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
