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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)
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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Second Intermediate Period, circa 1650 B.C. and laterEstimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £11
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Romano-Egyptian Faience and Other Bead Necklace String
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Composed mainly of alternating melon and oblate beads, the central feature with a large melon bead and a large discoid pendant, restrung. 42 grams, 29 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.
