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LOT 0636
Egyptian Decorative Glazed Faience Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/8 - 1 in. (5.77 grams total, 11-24 mm).
Comprising: two rosette beads, one tubular bead and a stamp-seal amulet, all with a drill hole; one rosette bead slightly worn. [4]
Provenancewith Tajan Auction, 22 October 2004, no.172.
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LOT 0636
Egyptian Decorative Glazed Faience Amulet Collection
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£45 (EUR 52; USD 61) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragments of Orbiculi and Segmenta with Geometric Ornament
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: an orbiculus, in red-purple wool and coarse linen, with geometric decoration; a heart-shaped bud in red, dark blue, green, and yellow wool; a fragment of a clavus with plant ornaments, in brown, yellow, green and dark blue purple wool; and a further orbiculus, with a deep blue-violet background and geometric decorative motifs outlined in raw wool, featuring fine honeycomb work and left-hand twist in red, blue, and yellow wool. 9.75 grams total, 7.5-13.4 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The 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. The plant designs are related to the so-called Nilotic decorative pattern. -
Egyptian Alabaster Pot
New Kingdom, circa 1400-1292 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A squat, shouldered jar with a short, wide neck and a rolled rim. 292 grams, 67 mm high
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Egyptian Terracotta Statuette Head of the God Harpocrates
Graeco-Roman Period, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Boldly modelled facial features, wearing a tall lotus flower crown. 58.16 grams, 70 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
