Loading, please wait...
_900x900.jpg "Egyptian Faience Amulet Bust")
_200x200.jpg "Egyptian Faience Amulet Bust")
.jpg "Egyptian Faience Amulet Bust")
LOT 0480
Egyptian Faience Amulet Bust
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 in. (1 1/3 in.) (3.7 grams total, 22 mm high (32 mm high including stand)).
A composition amulet fragment in the form of the head and upper torso of a goddess wearing a long lappet wig and remains of a crown, with stylised detailing to the face; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom an earlier 20th century collection.
with Charles Ede, London, UK, stock number 2700.
Acquired circa 1999-2002.
Property of a South Oxfordshire private collector.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
-
Egyptian Seated Falcon Amulet
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A carved carnelian amuletic pendant of the falcon god Horus, sitting on a rectangular base; suspension loop behind the shoulders. 1.65 grams, 17 mm
Acquired 1980s. Private collection of L.H., Staffordshire, UK. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Egyptian Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A bronze statuette depicting the god Osiris, modelled standing on a sub-square base, wearing a tight-fitting mummiform garment and Atef crown, stylised facial detailing, false beard, hands positioned in front of chest holding the royal crook and flail; loop at base and to reverse. 36.5 grams, 76 mm high
From an old UK collection. From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016) part 2, keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt. -
Egyptian Fly Amulet
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A carnelian fly amulet with simple head and body detailing, the eyes doubling as the suspension loop. 0.43 grams, 12 mm
From an early 20th century UK collection.
