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LOT 0024
Egyptian Diorite Bust of a Dignitary
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
7 7/8 in. (2.03 kg total, 20 cm high including stand).
Wearing a heavy wig over a rounded face with cosmetic lines and eyebrows in raised relief; vertical dorsal pillar with partial hieroglyphs to the reverse; some re-cutting, mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEx Jean-Paul Bourgis collection, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, 1980.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12128-213629.
Cf. Bothmer, B. V., Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, 700 B.C. to A.D. 100, New York, 1960, pls.45, no.111, and 55, no.136.
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Egyptian Faience Amulet and Bead Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Mixed group including eye of Horus, flower, standing figure and other types. 18 grams total, 3 - 33 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Egyptian Wooden Figurine
Middle Kingdom, 2133-1797 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Carved figure in kneeling pose, with right arm to his side, hand pierced, left arm bent with hand placed flat on the chest; much original pigment remaining. 57 grams, 12.7 cm
UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Property of a Scottish collector, acquired in 2013. -
Egyptian Gold Heart Scarab with Wings
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With repousse striations to the wing case, details of the feathers to the wings; pierced for attachment to mummy wrappings; mounted in a glass-fronted case. 4.09 grams, 18.2 cm wide total (504 grams including case)
Fine condition. Rare.
From a German gallery in the 1970s. From an important European collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12125-211120.
