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LOT 0515
Egyptian Faience Amulet and Fragment Group
MAINLY LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/8 - 2 1/4 in. (42 grams total, 6-56 mm).
Including standing Bastet figure, wedjat amulets, shabtis and other types. [30, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx North London gentleman, 1990s.
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LOT 0515
Egyptian Faience Amulet and Fragment Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Egyptian Blue Glazed Shabti for Son of Ta-heb
30th Dynasty, 380-343 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Composed as a mummiform figure with tripartite wig and hands crossed at the chest, holding a pick, hoe, and seed bag; a T-shaped panel of hieroglyphic text reading: sḥḏ wsỉr tꜢ.... ms.n tꜢ ḥb mꜢʾ ḫrw, ‘The illuminated, the Osiris, Ta…. born to Ta-heb true of voice’. 36 grams, 10.7 cm
Acquired in Egypt in 1933. Ex Alexander Cameron (1897-1994) collection. -
Egyptian Faience Amulet with Thoth as Ibis and Maat
Late New Kingdom-Late Period, 1304-332 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
On a wedge-shaped base and decorated in turquoise glaze; the ibis's beak resting on a diminutive figure of the goddess Maat; suspension loop on the neck of the bird; collector's inventory number E509' on the underside; accompanied by a custom-made display base. 22 grams total, 43 mm wide including stand
Ex Reine Margot, 1973. Ex R. Liechti (1934-2010) Geneva, Switzerland, collection between 1950-1990s.
In the judgment of the dead (Book of the Dead saying 125), Thoth, who is often represented in ibis form, records the result of weighing the heart of the deceased. The god is therefore mostly depicted in connection with the goddess Maat, whose feather was used as a counterbalance to the purity of the heart; such amulets were thus aimed at protecting the deceased from failing in the decision of the court of the dead. -
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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.
