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LOT 0443
Egyptian Faience Amulet Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 - 1 1/4 in. (6.5 grams total, 16-30 mm).
Comprising: an amuletic bead consisting of a row of seven Taweret figures on a rectangular base, pierced longitudinally; a seated ibis before a diminutive figure of Maat on a tongue-shaped base; a cippus amulet composed of the figure of Pataikos standing on two crocodiles, with two hawks perched on his shoulders, a scarab on his head, flanked by the figures of Isis and Nephthys, and on the back, a winged goddess standing on the crocodiles' tails. [3]
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Reisner, G.A., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos.12528-13595, Vol. II, Amulets, Cairo, 1958, pls. IX, XXV, for beads composed of multiple divine figures; Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.24, Fig. 21f, for a seated ibis amulet, and pp. 37-39, Figs. 34-35, for examples and discussion of the cippus-type amulet.
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LOT 0443
Egyptian Faience Amulet Collection
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Bead Necklace with Lotus Flowers
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £234
Comprising annular and cylindrical beads in various colours, interspersed with four lotus-flower pendants. 24.2 grams, 104 cm
P.S., Netherlands, 1985. Ex Sands of Time U.S.A. with Treasuregate Gallery, 11 June 2015, Netherlands. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00105718. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The most common type of collars based on pendants found at various localities, was mainly composed of pendants imitating plant forms. The terminals of surviving collars of this design are usually triangular, representing lotus flowers, or rectangular, decorated with plant designs or spirals. -
Egyptian Small Head with Wig
Ptolemaic Period, 331-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Small carved head with bobbed curly wig and and narrow hair band or diadem; surface slightly worn; mounted on a display stand. 29 grams, 35 mm (57.6 grams total, 10.4 cm)
Antoni Sikorski collection, London, formed between the 1950s and 1970s. with Chiswick Auctions, 11 May 2016, no.37 [Part]. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Although worn, the presence of the narrow diadem and curly hair suggest that the head might depict a Ptolemaic priest. For better-preserved examples of the type cf. Bothmer, B.V., Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period 700 B.C. to A.D. 100, New York, 1960, pp. 178-179, pls. 128 and 129, 343; Spier, J., Potts, T., and Cole, S.E. (eds.), Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the classical world, Los Angeles, 2018, p. 169 no. 101. -
Egyptian Bronze Figurine of Harpocrates
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Modelled in the round depicted in a seated pose with bold sidelock reaching to the shoulder; kilt to the thighs, D-shaped base beneath the feet, socket to the middle of the back; provided with a custom-made display stand. 146 grams, 12.2 cm (202 grams total, 13.7 cm including stand)
with Max Hagemann, prior 1964. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Harpocrates is the Greek rendering of the Egyptian Hor-pa-khered, which translates as 'Horus the Child', referring to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris.
