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LOT 0476
Egyptian Bronze Standing Figure of the God Osiris
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (56.3 grams total, 11.6 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round, with hands crossed on the chest, holding the deity's characteristic crook and flail, and wearing the atef- crown; mounted on a wooden display stand bearing the legend 'Osiris Ptolemaic'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Herne Bay High Street, June 1957.
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.8.
Cf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, GHP Egyptology 28, London, 2018, p. 70, no. 83, for similar.
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LOT 0476
Egyptian Bronze Standing Figure of the God Osiris
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Amethyst Scarab with Gold Fitting
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Dark-coloured carved amethyst with incised segmentation and notching to the mouth, gold frame with loops to the ends to protect the mounting holes. 5.53 grams, 23 mm
Acquired from Derek Content, 21 February 1975. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original handwritten invoice from Derek Content, dated 21 February 1975. -
Egyptian Turquoise and Cobalt Blue Faience Amphora
Roman Period, circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,000
Barrel-shaped in profile, with a stepped shoulder, wide neck, and broad, flared flange rim at the mouth, supported by two lateral strap handles; applied wreath decoration to the outer edge of the shoulder and vertical fronds to the lower body; restored. 1.48 kg, 17.8 cm high
Stift Neuberg (Neuberg Abbey) collection, Heidelberg, Germany, by 1893 and into the 20th century. Anonymous sale; Münzen und Medaillen, Auktion 41, 1972, no.151. Fiorella Cottier-Angeli collection, Geneva, 1981-2007. Herbert A. Cahn, acquired from the above. With Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, 2007. Private collection, Midwest USA, acquired in 2007. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13477-262436.
Stift Neuberg was privately owned from 1798 until 1926. By 1893, a collection of antiquities had been assembled there, and its Greek and Roman holdings were published. It is believed that the amphora was acquired as part of this collection by Friedrich Alexander von Bernus (1838–1908), who inherited Stift Neuberg from his relative Johann Friedrich Schlosser (1780-1851), a nephew of Goethe. In 1926, the abbey was sold to the Benedictines and has remained a religious establishment ever since. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Lance Point Group from Luxor
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three leaf-shaped with tapering sharp points, one tongue-shaped with a rounded point; one with an inked note 'Luxor 1912'; with an old handwritten label reading 'Weapon points- possible lance points - Neolithic'. 60.7 grams total, 53-84 mm
Found Luxor. From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
