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LOT 0463
Egyptian Collar Type Faience Bead Necklace
LATE NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.
9 1/2 in. (13.5 grams, 24 cm long).
Composed of turquoise glazed tubular beads running vertically and horizontally, together with polychrome pendant beads, possibly in the form of fruits; with Amarna beads; restrung.
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century UK collection.
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Egyptian Bronze Seated Osiris with Inlaid Eyes
Circa 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-342 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
Modelled mummiform and seated with arms crossed at chest, holding crook and flail, wearing a false beard and plumed Atef crown with uraeus, cream-coloured inlay to eyes; mounted on a custom-made display base. 160 grams total, 15.3 cm including stand
large chip to outer surface layer to reverse.
Ex old English collection. Spanish collection, 1980s. Accompanied by a previous dealer's catalogue and price card (£2,500.00).
Osiris was the foremost of ancient Egyptian funerary deities and lord of the underworld. Many statuettes of the god were offered in temples dedicated in his name, but have also been discovered in other contexts including animal necropoleis and temples dedicated to other gods. -
Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace
New Kingdom, 1569-1081 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Composed of gently tapering biconical beads of various shades of turquoise and blue, interspersed with coin-shaped and spherical beads; restrung. 6.43 grams, 66 cm long
From an early 20th century UK collection. -
Egyptian Carnelian Cobra Amulet
Third Intermediate Period, circa 900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Carved on a free-standing rectangular base; suspension loop to the serpent's back. 8.58 grams, 33 mm
Acquired prior to 2000 from a European collection. Canadian private collection of Mr A.K. of Montreal.
The sacred uraeus was a symbol of royalty, sovereignty and divine authority in ancient Egypt.
