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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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Egyptian Mummy Bead Necklace
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Composed of polychrome annular beads with modern metallic beads and a clasp, restrung. 8.48 grams, 46 cm long
Acquired Town Hall Antiques, Market Place, Woburn, Bedfordshire, UK, on 2nd March 2001. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by the original Town Hall Antiques invoice. -
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Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Figure of a King
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £30,000 - 40,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15,000
A solid cast statuette modelled in the round as a kneeling pharaoh wearing a thigh-length shendyt kilt, a broad collar and a nemes headdress adorned with a uraeus to the brow; with open hands positioned as though they once held an object, palms facing inward; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.62 kg total, 16.7 cm high including stand
Private collection, E.M. (1880-1954), since the 1930s. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13196-249244.
The figure's overall appearance, particularly the muscular upper body, resembles two kneeling bronze figures – Brooklyn Museum 71.11 and Pennsylvania Museum E.13004 – both bearing the cartouche of 26th Dynasty pharaoh Necho II (610-595 BC). Unlike the varied poses of kneeling stone statues, those in bronze consistently rest on their knees and toes, with heels positioned under their buttocks. Figures with this hand gesture are often thought to have originally held an offering vessel or ritual object. However, none of the existing examples shows signs of having held an object. Instead, the gesture may symbolise both giving and receiving, representing veneration, offering, and a plea for protection to a particular deity. -
Egyptian Glass Panel with Eyes
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Irregular glass panel fragment with inlaid mosaic eye motifs; repaired. 1.57 grams, 18 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
