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LOT 0045
Egyptian Cartonnage Pectoral Panel on Stand
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
12 3/8 in. (2.06 kg total, 31.4 cm wide including stand).
Rectangular panel with bands of triangles, teardrops and other motifs in white, red, blue and pale green; winged scarab at the bottom, lower portion of a winged sun disc flanked by uraei to the top; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx early 20th century collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page, including provenance.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13518-263302.
Cf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p.117, no.46, for a similar example.
FootnotesThis piece was probably part of a set of cartonnage trappings placed on the mummy.
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LOT 0045
Egyptian Cartonnage Pectoral Panel on Stand
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£800 (EUR 928; USD 1,080) +BP*
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Egyptian Bronze Figure of the God Osiris
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £15
Modelled in the round with a tall feathered atef crown and uraeus, arms set one above the other at the chest, hands holding Osiris's royal regalia, lower legs absent, with a custom-made display stand. 95.6 grams total, 12 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.9. -
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Large Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment of a Tunic Collar Embroidered with Geometric Patterns
Circa 5th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £20
The complete collar section (maniakion) ornamented with decorative circular bands, filled with geometric patterns of floral elements, bordered with stripes of interlaced vegetal motifs in yellow-orange, green, red, yellow and purple wool warp on linen; a part of the right clavus still preserved, decorated in the same manner. 142 grams total including paper folder, 49 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
In Late Roman Egypt, this type of tunic, with wide decorative collars around the neck, was worn by rich aristocratic women and was part of the decoration of rich garments like the tunica talaris. -
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1782-1550 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With incised anatomical detailing on the body, the underside bears the hieroglyphs rꜤ-n-rꜤ. 2.04 grams, 17 mm
Acquired from various London-based, UK, antiquity dealers. From a Derbyshire gentleman's private museum formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s.
