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LOT 0519
Egyptian Faience Amulet and Bead Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (18 grams total, 3 - 33 mm).
Mixed group including eye of Horus, flower, standing figure and other types. [29, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 0519
Egyptian Faience Amulet and Bead Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Egyptian Bead Panel with Four Sons of Horus and Winged Scarab
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Restrung as an openwork panel with a winged scarab above and the four sons of Horus below as two opposing pairs. 46 grams, 12.5 cm high
Previously on French art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, collection.
The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the internal organs of the deceased. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines. -
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Large Egyptian Bronze Body of Horus-Harpocrates
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
An acephalic seated nude statuette of Horus-Harpocrates, legs held together and arms by his side, semi-naturalistic anatomical detailing; cleaned. 1.67 kg total, 22 cm high (26 cm high including stand)
Collection of Brugsch Pasha (1842-1930). with Hotel Drouot, Paris, 30 September 1997, no.643. Ex property of Mr Naudy. Property of a French collector.
Horus, son of Isis and Osiris, was considered a solar deity who overcame darkness and defeated the chaotic forces of his evil uncle, the god Seth. Egyptian pharaohs considered themselves to be reincarnations of Horus. In his youthful form, Horus the child embodies the new sun and all associated benefits. In Graeco-Roman Egypt he became Harpocrates, son of Serapis and Isis, the deity-symbol of rebirth and fertility, perhaps the most popular deity to be represented in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. -
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Egyptian Early Dynastic Gneiss Bowl
2nd-3rd Dynasty, 2860-2640 B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Material also known as 'Chephren Diorite' carved with a flattened base and flaring, slightly convex sides with inward curving rim bevelled on the inside, single groove encircling the tondo; repaired. 1.4 kg, 22 cm wide
with Sotheby's, 17 December 1997, no.34. Ex Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 1998. Ex AS collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the Rupert Wace Ancient Art invoice. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12129-214106.
