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LOT 0025
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Pectoral
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (20 grams, 45 mm).
Large rectangular shrine-shaped pectoral with subtle cavetto cornice top; obverse with black-painted Anubis reclining on a low pedestal, the reverse with two stylised tyet flanking a djed pillar; four piercings through the rear edge.
ProvenanceFrom a 20th century UK collection.
LiteratureCf. Reisner, G.A., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos.5218-6000 et 12001-12527, Vol. I, Amulets, Cairo, 1907, pl. XIII, no. 12206, for a pectoral with the same decorative design on both faces.
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LOT 0025
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Pectoral
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Egyptian Mixed Faience Amulet Collection
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising: a face bead; two rectangular wedjat-eye beads with black detailing; an amulet depicting the Deshret crown of Lower Egypt; two seated baboon amulets; an amulet of a standing figure, possibly Sekhmet; a scaraboid with a small raised head. 4.93 grams total, 10-20 mm
From a 20th century UK collection. -
Egyptian Faience Scarab
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Anatomical detailing on the head and legs, with the underside featuring sedge plant (swt), ankh, and nefer symbols. 0.89 grams, 18 mm
Private collection, 1990s-early 2000s.
Scarabs featuring this design arrangement have been found in numerous sites in Palestine and were inspired by Middle Kingdom prototypes. -
Egyptian Blue Glass Inlay Collection
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising: four vessel- or cartouche-shaped inlays, a djed pillar, and two standing figures. 8.98 grma total, 31-37 mm
From a 20th century UK collection.
