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LOT 0714
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment with Bust of a Man
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (3.41 grams, 82 mm).
A tablion in purple and red wool on linen, showing a male figure inside a medallion, four circlets on the corners. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Rutschowscaya, M.H., Tissus Coptes, Paris, 1990, p.33, for a similar figure in a medallion (Louvre inv.no.AF 5664).
FootnotesThe tabula, or tablion, was a square embroidery used to decorate tunics or mantles. Such images, depicting black warriors or hunters, are possibly related to the Dionysiac cortege or to Nilotic iconography.
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LOT 0714
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment with Bust of a Man
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Alabaster Cylindrical Storage Vessel
Early Dynastic Period, 5th-6th Dynasty, circa 2300-2100 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tubular type with everted rounded rim; old dealer's note 'Alabaster cylindrical storage vessel, semi-translucent and with veining. Small abrasion to outturned flattened rim. Probably alabaster quarries at Hatnub, to north of el-Amarna. Egypt, early Dynastic, Vth-VIth Dynasties, c.2300-2100 BC. Bought Spitalfields Market, Thursday 12/1/19'. 508 grams, 11.8 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
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Egyptian Heart Scarab Group
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Comprising two naturalistically modelled scarabs with striated wing cases and ribbed undersides. 7.5 grams total, 18-20 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
The scarab amulet was a powerful symbol of rebirth, transformation, and protection in ancient Egypt. Modeled after the beetle associated with the sun god Khepri, it represented the cycle of life and regeneration. From the Middle Kingdom (c. 2050 BCE) onwards, scarabs served as funerary amulets, personal charms, and seals—often inscribed with prayers or names—reflecting both spiritual beliefs and daily life. -
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Bracelet
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of green and blue glazed oblate beads, restrung. 3 grams, 29 cm
Excavated from Egypt in 1914. From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come, from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter.
