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LOT 0598
Egyptian Cartonnage Hand Fragment and Wooden Model Arm
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
2 7/8 - 3 1/4 in. (18 grams total, 73-82 mm).
The arm modelled in bent pose with hand pierced to accept the handle of a tool; cartonnage fragment with finger detailing. [2, No Reserve]
Provenancewith a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s.
From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.
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LOT 0598
Egyptian Cartonnage Hand Fragment and Wooden Model Arm
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Nude Figure
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1782-1550 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With incised anatomical detailing on the body and legs, the underside features a front-facing standing nude female between two branches. 2.25 grams, 19 mm
Acquired from various London-based, UK, antiquity dealers. From a Derbyshire gentleman's private museum formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s. -
Egyptian Red Quartzite Granite Hieroglyphic Fragment
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, 1353-1336 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment featuring a single incised border line with the remains of a seated-figure hieroglyph above. 140 grams, 90 mm
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Egyptian Cartonnage Section with Eye and Wing
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-860 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Sub-rectangular in plan with irregular and fragmented edge; prepared plaster surface featuring a line-bordered column with four cursive hieroglyphs naming Behedet (bḥdt); a section of finely painted outstretched wing with feather detailing to lower edge in red and blue; below, a wedjat eye in black with red medial band; fabric back to reverse. 48 grams, 17 cm
Formerly from an old collection of a Wiltshire, UK, collector, acquired before 1980. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This fragment most likely originates from the lower chest section of a so-called anthropoid 'yellow coffin' from the Third Intermediate Period. The wing belongs to a protective deity; as Behedet is a name given to several locations (Edfu, Tell el-Balamun, and Lepidotonpolis) associated with Horus, it seems probable that the wing belongs to the falcon form of this god.
