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LOT 0428
Egyptian Faience Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 in. (18.92 grams total, 15-26 mm).
Including four seated cats, a Horus falcon, a Bes head, a standing baboon, male genitalia, a trussed duck, and other amuletic types. [11]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Reisner, G.A., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos.12528-13595, Vol. II, Amulets, Cairo, 1958, pl. XXII (no. 12627), for a similar cat amulet; Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. XXXIV c-e, for Bes head amulets
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Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the 'Environs du Kaire' (Cairo and district)
Early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 16 from Vol .I of Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. entitled Environs du Kaire. Plan particulier de l'île de Roudah, du vieux Kaire et du Gyzeh. 238 grams, 105.5 x 69.5 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). -
Egyptian Steatite Scarab in Antique Pendant Mount
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £195
The scarab with anatomical detailing on the body, underside with a cartouche for Tuthmoses III and other hieroglyphs; set in a gold filigree mount with four lateral loops. 3.68 grams, 18.3 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
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Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Amulet of Nephthys
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Depicting the goddess Nephthys wearing the two hieroglyphic parts of her name (Neb(et)-Hut), with dorsal pillar and base. 2.62 grams, 37 mm
with Bizhan Soumekh, 14 September 1981. Private collection, London, UK.
