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LOT 0517
Egyptian Faience Amulet with Thoth as Ibis and Maat
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
1 5/8 in. (22 grams total, 43 mm wide including stand).
On a wedge-shaped base and decorated in turquoise glaze; the ibis's beak resting on a diminutive figure of the goddess Maat; suspension loop on the neck of the bird; collector's inventory number E509' on the underside; accompanied by a custom-made display base.
ProvenanceEx Reine Margot, 1973.
Ex R. Liechti (1934-2010) Geneva, Switzerland, collection between 1950-1990s.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.25, fig.21f, for similar.
FootnotesIn the judgment of the dead (Book of the Dead saying 125), Thoth, who is often represented in ibis form, records the result of weighing the heart of the deceased. The god is therefore mostly depicted in connection with the goddess Maat, whose feather was used as a counterbalance to the purity of the heart; such amulets were thus aimed at protecting the deceased from failing in the decision of the court of the dead.
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LOT 0517
Egyptian Faience Amulet with Thoth as Ibis and Maat
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Original Press Photographs of the 1972 Tutankhamun Exhibition
1972 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising monochrome glossy photographs with printed caption to the reverse: 'Tutankhamun's Funerary Couch. The divine cow in the final stages of wrapping, being embraced by Mr. T.G.H. James, Assistant Keeper of the British Museum'; 'The six stages in the packing of the gilded wooden statue of Tutankhamun; one of a pair that stood sentinel at the entrance to the inner chamber'; 'Colin Ashby of Walford Wingate Forwarders Ltd in the course of packing the major item in the Tutankhamun collection at the Cairo Museum. The funerary mask from Tutankhamun's mummy is made of beaten gold and is the finest ever found.' (Colour photo); 'The funerary mask from Tutankhamun's mummy made of beaten gold and the finest ever found. (Please credit the Cairo Museum)'; 'Part of the carefully-packed contents of Tutankhamun's tomb at London Airport on arrival from Cairo. Lt.Col. E.C. Easter MBE, Chairman of Walford Wingate Forwarders Ltd. the company responsible for the entire packing and surface transportation operation, supervises the off-loading of part of the world's most fabulous treasure.' (2 photographs); 'Never has B.O.A.C.'s slogan been more assuring. the innocent looking cargo being unloaded at London Airport is part of a priceless consignment from Cairo for the forthcoming exhibition of the contents of Tutankhamun's tomb to be held at the British Museum. Flown in by the R.A.F. and B.O.A.C. under British Government indemnity, the world's greatest treasure trove was packed and handled by Walford Wingate Forwarders Ltd.'; 'Tutankhamun's Funerary Couch. Preliminary inspection of Tutankhamun's funerary couch by Messrs Ashby and Burnett of Walford Wingate Forwarders Ltd.'; 'Tutankhamun's Funerary Couch. One of the divine cows separated from the couch in the early stages of wrapping'. 102 grams total, 25.2 x 17.7 - 25.3 x 20.4 cm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Egyptian Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 450,000-280,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Irregular in plan with biconvex section. 380 grams, 14 cm
Found Egypt, North Africa. From the British art market in the 1970s-1980s. Acquired via inheritance, 1988. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Egyptian Alabaster Vase
New Kingdom, circa 1550-1315 B.C. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £156
Round in profile with flattened underside, squared rim (possibly incomplete); with old collector's manuscript note: 'Old Kingdom between 3000-1200 B.C.'. 52 grams, 39 mm
Ex Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1960s-1980s. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification slip.
