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LOT 0476
Egyptian Faience and Carnelian Beads in Victorian Necklace Set
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. AND LATER
2 3/8 - 14 1/2 in. (101 grams total, 6-37 cm).
Comprising: a tiered choker-length necklace with ancient tubular carnelian and faience beads, 19th century base metal rosettes and jingles; cantanille bracelet with similar beads; two cantanille drop earrings. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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LOT 0476
Egyptian Faience and Carnelian Beads in Victorian Necklace Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Egyptian Faience Amulet and Bead Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Mixed group including eye of Horus, flower, standing figure and other types. 18 grams total, 3 - 33 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Egyptian Limestone Relief with Bound Asiatic Captive
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1250 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,200
Sub-rectangular with keyhole-shaped aperture to the lower right edge; low-relief figure in profile wearing a tunic with circular neckline, bobbed hair swept behind the ears, sharp facial features with short goatee beard; bands of vertical fluting. 14.5 kg, 37.5 cm high
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no. 11830-207550.
The features and hairstyle of the figure resemble closely those of Asiatic captives shown on the outer wall of the temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt. It is likely that the Egyptian artists from the time of Thutmose III onwards had frequent opportunities to observe the foreigners who came, or were brought into Egypt. It is likely that the Egyptian artists were interested in differentiating the various peoples encountered by the armies on their campaigns northward during the New Kingdom. The remains of a circular aperture behind the figure probably indicates that the slab was re-used as a grindstone or a door pivot in ancient times. -
Romano-Egyptian Gold Ribbed Fruit Pendant
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Hollow-formed piriform drop with repoussé tendrils. 0.57 grams, 15 mm
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.