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LOT 0559
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragments of Orbiculi with Vegetation, Figures and Geometric Ornament
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 - 4 7/8 in. (11.1 grams total, 8.1-12.5 cm).
Comprising a tablion and an orbiculus featuring floral and geometric decoration in black and red wool (Z-twist); an orbiculus with floral and geometric decoration in yellow, brown, red, and black wool; and a heart-shaped bud in green, red, and yellow wool featuring a human figure at the centre. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Del Francia Barocas, L., Museo dell'Alto Medioevo, Roma, I materiali Copti, pp.120-123, nos.21-22, for a similar textile.
FootnotesThe fragments are decorative parts of tunics. These are fabrics of great decorative finesse, with some elements displaying an unusual and extremely well-preserved colour palette.
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LOT 0559
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragments of Orbiculi with Vegetation, Figures and Geometric Ornament
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Mixed Scarab Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising three faience scarabs with detailed bodies and decorated undersides, featuring: a scroll border with central design consisting of a nefer, neb, Red Crown, and a striding human figure holding a flail; a scroll border with a central figure of a bowman with a Red Crown beneath; a seated figure before an offering table(?); an oval scaraboid featuring a central sun disc with opposed nefer signs flanked by hatched panels; and a plain carnelian scarab. 22.75 grams total, 15-28 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Egyptian Red Quartzite Granite Hieroglyphic Fragment
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, 1353-1336 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment featuring a single incised border line with the remains of a seated-figure hieroglyph above. 140 grams, 90 mm
Acquired circa February 1978. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Egyptian Green Stone Shabti Fragment of Padihorresnet, Chief Steward of Amun
Late Period, Reign of Necho, 26th Dynasty, 609-593 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Upper torso fragment with crossed hands, horizontal bands of hieroglyphic text to back and front, display stand with legend 'Ushabti of Pedihorresni, Court Chamberlain XXVI Dyn.'; son of Akhanenru. 30.6 grmas total, 48 mm including stand
Acquired Portabello Road, 14 December 1957, for 5 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.5.
Padihorresnet served as the chief steward of the God’s Wife of Amun, Nitokris, during the reign of Necho. His monumental tomb (TT 196) is in the Asasif necropolis at Thebes alongside other high officials of the early 26th Dynasty. Padihorresnet's hardstone shabtis lack a back pillar, linking them more closely to the previous 25th Dynasty than to those of the 26th.
