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LOT 0015
Egyptian Faience Bead Broad Collar Necklace
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
13 1/4 in. (50 grams, 33.5 cm).
Comprising: band of vertically strung faience tubular beads with integral tie at each end; below, a fringe of vertically strung groups of eight similar beads on a loop of thread with annular beads at the junction with the band and more similar at the outer end of the fringe; ancient cord.
ProvenanceEx William Ohly, 1883-1955.
Ex Abbey Museum, Barnet, by descent.
Cf. fringed faience bead collar recovered from the tomb of Wah published in Winlock, H. E., The Mummy of Wah Unwrapped, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 35, December 1940, 253-259.
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Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Memnonium at Thebes
Early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 39 from Vol.II 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 Thèbes. Memnonium. Plan et coupes d'un grand hypogée ou syringe. Détail de sculpture d'un autre hypogée. Plan et coupes d'un édifice avant un plafond en form de voûte. 200 grams, 103.5 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). -
Egyptian Amulet Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Mainly heart-type amulets in various materials. 14.85 grams total, 20-26 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
Egyptian Faience Shabti Group for Ha-bener-Re
Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Two mummiform shabtis from the same mould, wearing a lappet wig and false beard, and holding a pick, hoe, and miniscule seed bag; inscribed with a column of hieroglyphic text on the front repeating the opening dedication "The illuminated one, the Osiris" ( sḥḏ wsỉr), and another on the dorsal pillar giving the name of the deceased, possibly to be read as Ha-bener-Re (ḥꜢ-bnr-rꜤ), a Ka-priest (ḥm-kꜢ). 16.4 grams total, 72 mm each
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
