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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 Faience Shabti of the Overseer of Royal Children Horirani
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mummiform figure standing on a square plinth, wearing a plain, long lappet wig and a long false beard, with a finely modelled face; crossed arms, the left hand holding a pick and the right a hoe and a cord belonging to a plain seed bag suspended over the left shoulder; three horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text on the lower body. 32.1 grams, 88 mm
Acquired from Portobello Road, 18th March 1967, for 30 shillings. 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.120. -
Phoenician Terracotta Head Group
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
One mould formed with shoulder-length hair and puffy features; the other hollow to the reverse. 28.5 grams total, 33-34 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Egyptian Gold Bead Amulet
Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-900 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as a poppy seed with flaring terminals. 0.95 grams, 9 mm
Ex early 20th century French collection.
