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LOT 0469
Egyptian Faience Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
7/8 - 1 17/8 in. (8.6 grams total, 23-30 mm).
Comprising: two biconical beads; a Wedjat eye amulet with low-relief detailing; a standing Anubis amulet, pierced through the dorsal pillar; and an Amun-Min amulet, pierced behind the headdress for suspension. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection.
Acquired from Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK, 2011.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
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Egyptian Steatite and Other Scarab Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Group of steatite and glazed composition scarabs each with hieroglyphs to the underside, the largest with a cartouche of Amenophis III. 10.1 grams total, 13-18 mm
Ex North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s. -
Romano-Egyptian Bronze Snake Ring
Circa 1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With D-section narrow coiled band with stylised scale detailing, raised head and tightly coiled tip of the tail. 4.61 grams, 40.41 mm overall, 17.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of a Surrey, UK, collector. -
Egyptian Blue Faience Shabti
Early Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd century B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With a thick and lustrous turquoise glaze, sporting a tripartite wig highlighted in darker blue glaze, and a long beard; holding a pick, hoe and a cord for a seed bag hanging over the left shoulder; raised dorsal pillar and an integral plinth; repaired. 44 grams, 11.5 cm high
Ex collection of Jacques René Fiechter, Switzerland (1920-1950). with Auction Martin, Egyptian Collection André Bircher, 1949. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
The lack of inscription hinders positive identification, but the shabti’s proportions, elegant modelling, and lustrous glaze closely match others considered to have come from an area of the extensive necropolis at Abydos, labelled “Cemetery G” by its excavator Flinders Petrie, where hundreds of blue lustrous-glazed shabtis of varying qualities were recovered. This figure is closest in style to those belonging to Petosiris, son of Djed-hor. Both were buried with similar blue lustrous-glazed shabtis that were mostly plain although a few were inscribed with an inscription.
