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LOT 0495
Egyptian Bronze Frog Weight
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D. OR EARLIER
1 in. (9.6 grams, 24 mm wide).
Modelled as a standing frog on a rectangular base.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Egypto-Phoenician Hardstone Scaraboid Set in Bronze Pendant
Late 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Comprising a carnelian scaraboid with a stylised bird with open wings to the underside, pellets to the field; set in an openwork bronze pendant frame with tubular loop. 3.84 grams, 18 mm
From an early 20th century Home Counties, UK, collection. -
Egyptian Brown Glazed Shabti for Queen Isetnofret
New Kingdom, 12th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Of mummiform type, wearing a tripartite wig, stylised facial features with large ears, hands crossed at the chest; a contrasting green-glazed frontal column of hieroglyphic text with a cartouche which reads wsỉr nswt wrt Ꜣst-nfr.t, ‘The Osiris, the great king's wife Iset-nofret’. 88 grams, 10.8 cm
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12373-226026.
Several late New Kingdom queens were named Iset-nofret, but this particular example is likely associated with one of the two wives of Ramesses II who had the same name. One of these queens gave birth to Prince Khaemwaset and is mentioned on monuments erected by him. While it is possible that the queen's shabtis were used for funerary purposes, Khaemwaset is known to have placed his own shabtis as votives in non-sepulchral locations in the Memphite necropolises, and it is possible that he also did the same with shabtis naming his mother. For a discussion of the Ramesside queens with this name, see Tyldesley, J., Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt, London, 2006, p.154ff. -
Egyptian Bronze Cobra Mount
Late Period, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Cobra-shaped mount with head raised and hood expanded, two mounting studs to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 182 grams, 22 cm
Private Israeli collection. Ex Archaeological Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015. Private European collection.
The mount most likely adorned the Atef crown of a statue of Osiris.