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LOT 0499
Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace with Winged Scarab Motif
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
19 5/8 in. (12.4 grams, 50 cm long).
Composed of annular beads in several colours, restrung and with a modern catch.
ProvenanceProperty of a late lady collector, acquired 1940-1990s.
FootnotesWinged scarabs were often used as funerary amulets and were believed to symbolise the rebirth and regeneration of the deceased.
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LOT 0499
Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace with Winged Scarab Motif
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Egyptian Faience Shabti for Horemakhbit
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Of long, slender mummiform shape, wearing a tripartite wig and holding a pick and hoe, with a dorsal pillar bearing a hieroglyphic dedication to 'the Osiris, Horemakhbit'; repaired. 102 grams, 15.7 cm
Ex M.S. Ciappara collection, Norfolk, UK, 1939-1950.
Shabti figures were created to carry out heavy manual tasks on behalf of a person in the afterlife. The body of a shabti was usually in the form of a mummy and often depicted with tools in their hands, such as baskets, picks, and hoes. During the Late Period, it was customary to be buried with hundreds of shabtis. -
Egyptian Faience Block Bead with Bes and Amun
New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty, 1279-1081 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Rectangular bead with reserved image of Bes to one face, hieroglyphs to the reverse giving the legend 'beautiful praise (of) Amun'. 1.31 grams, 13 mm
Ex Emile Bouillon Bey, c. 1880. From the Gaston Maspero Archaeological Fund. with Hotel des Ventes du Perigord, Bergerac, 24 June 2007. Property of a French collector.
Bes became one of ancient Egypt's most popular apotropaic deities from the New Kingdom onwards. Despite his somewhat fearful appearance, Bes was the patron and protector of pregnant women and children. He was also believed to protect from snakes. -
Egyptian Green Glazed Shabti
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With arms crossed at the chest holding pick, hoe and cord for seed bag, dorsal pillar, horizontal and vertical panels to the lower body with hieroglyphic text. 73 grams, 12.5 cm
Acquired from Hotel des Ventes, Drouot, in the early 1980s. Ex collection of a private collector. Property of a French collector.
