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LOT 0482
Egyptian Faience Amulet and Bead Group
MAINLY LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/8 - 1 3/4 in. (44 grams total, 3-47 mm).
Comprising tubular and ring beads, wedjat-eye amulets, Bes amulets, scarabs, a Khnum amulet, a shabti, and others. [64, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of H. Norry, 1980s-1990s.
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Egyptian Gold Uraeus Amulet
Late New Kingdom, 1070-900 B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Depicting a rearing cobra sporting a sun disc with its coiled body below resting on the hieroglyphic neb sign. 0.38 grams, 11 mm
From an early 20th century French collection. -
Egyptian Bronze Cobra Mount
Late Period, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Cobra-shaped mount with head raised and hood expanded, two mounting studs to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 182 grams, 22 cm
Private Israeli collection. Ex Archaeological Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015. Private European collection.
The mount most likely adorned the Atef crown of a statue of Osiris. -
Egyptian Faience Mummy Beadwork Mask with Sons of Horus
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with a false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, and beneath the 'Four Sons of Horus’, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Imsety, and Hapy joined together with areas of open netting of tubular examples; restrung with some later beads. 115 grams, 28.5 cm
Mariaud de Serres, Paris, 1990s.
Winged scarabs were often used as funerary amulets, and were believed to symbolise the rebirth and regeneration of the deceased. The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the deceased's internal organs. The jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines, the human-headed Imsety protected the liver, and the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs. These internal organs were often placed in canopic jars, each with the head of the respective Son of Horus. Amulets depicting these deities were placed within the mummy wrappings.
