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LOT 0551
Egyptian Carnelian Hair Ring Collection
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1400–1292 B.C.
5/8 - 3/4 in. (17 grams total, 16-20 mm).
Each a penannular lentoid-section type with narrow slot. [4]
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
LiteratureCf. Petrie, W.M.F., Objects of Daily Use, Warminster, 1972, pl. VIII, nos. 130-133, for examples of the type.
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LOT 0551
Egyptian Carnelian Hair Ring Collection
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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Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Ovoid jar with a rounded base, concave shoulders and flared neck; remains of lug handles, restored. 332 grams, 14 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Egyptian Bronze Standing Figure of the God Osiris
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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'. 56.3 grams total, 11.6 cm high including stand
Acquired 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. -
Egyptian Terracotta Statuette Head of the God Harpocrates
Graeco-Roman Period, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Boldly modelled facial features, wearing a tall lotus flower crown. 58.16 grams, 70 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
