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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 Bead Necklace String with Amulets
Amarna Period, 1353-1336 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads with a large central heart amulet, interspersed with various amulets including: poppy seed, rosette, lotus flower, two Thoth baboons, djed pillar, Bes, and others. 10.4 grams, 40 cm
From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974. -
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. -
Egyptian Multi-Stranded Mummy Bead Necklace Collection
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Restrung using polychrome mummy beads of annular and tubular types. 26.7 grams, 74 cm long
Acquired before 1979. From the private collection of Mr F. A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014.
For thousands of years, artisans in Egypt created vibrant ceramics to echo the beauty of rare jewels. These ornaments were created with almost every material, colour and texture imaginable and they come from across Egypt and beyond: vibrant blue lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, glossy black obsidian from the territory in modern Turkey, and aqua-green turquoise from the Sinai. They were worn in life and, after death, they served as precious ornamentation for mummies.
