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LOT 0029
Egyptian Cobra Statuette
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (42.9 grams total, 61 mm).
A lead-alloy figurine of the sacred uraeus with coiled body, head raised and hood expanded ready to strike; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEx collection of Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), France.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pp.34-5.
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Egyptian Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
A bronze figurine of Osiris standing with flail and crook held in crossed arms, plaited beard, Atef crown to his head with uraeus above the brow, mounted on a custom-made stand. 150 grams total, 12 cm including stand
Fine condition.
Property of a London gentleman; acquired in London in 1976. -
Egyptian Gold Horus Amulet
Late Dynastic Period, 664-343 B.C. or earlierEstimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £194
A gold amulet depicting the god Horus represented here as a falcon, surmounting the rectangular serekh, in turn considered to represent the façade of a royal palace; a pair of piercings through the base for suspension; remains of bitumen. 1.13 grams, 9 mm
Fine condition.
Early 20th century French collection. -
Egyptian Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
A bronze votive figurine of Osiris, portraying the god standing, wearing a close-fitting mummiform garment and Atef crown, false beard, hands held at the centre of the chest holding the royal crook and flail; possibly from Saqqara. 37.1 grams, 80 mm high
From an old UK collection. From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016) part 2, keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Accompanied by an identification display card. Accompanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt.
Osiris was the foremost of the Egyptian funerary gods and ruler of the underworld.
