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LOT 0721
Egyptian Faience Beads and Amulets
LATE PERIOD-ROMAN PERIOD, 664 B.C.-323 A.D.
1/8 - 7/8 in. (47 grams total, 1-23 mm).
Mixed group of beads, including two cat-shaped amulets, a hybrid dwarf with a ram's head, bird wings and tail, wearing a lunar crescent-and-disc headdress, large barrel-shaped bead, and others. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 1990s collection.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.37, fig. 33c, for a hybrid amulet of the same type.
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LOT 0721
Egyptian Faience Beads and Amulets
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Faience Winged Scarab
Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, circa 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a winged scarab modelled with a ribbed carapace and two extended wings with feather detailing; a suspension hole runs transversely through the head. 10.98 grams, 60 mm
with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.
Winged scarabs were often used as funerary amulets and were believed to symbolise the deceased's rebirth and regeneration. -
Egyptian Terracotta Jar
New Kingdom, circa 16th-13th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With pointed foot, bulbous body, carinated shoulder and everted rim. 770 grams, 15.4 cm
Acquired Sunday 11th October 1992. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information ticket.
Various forms of this vessel were produced during the New Kingdom (see Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, pp. 218, nos. 339-340, and p. 227, no. 361). -
Egyptian Gilt Cartonnage Mask
Late Period, circa 600-300 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Fragmentary mask in cartonnage (layers of linen and plaster) with a gilded surface and details of the striated wig, eye, nostrils and lips added in black pigment. 16 grams, 21.2 cm
Private Edgewater, Florida, USA, collection; acquired by James W. Anonymous sale; UK auction house, early 2000s. Private collection, 2022. J.W.Collection, acquired 2026. Accompanied by a copy of two previous illustrated catalogue pages.
