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LOT 0028
Egyptian Faience Block Bead for Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1398-1338 B.C.
5/8 in. (1.84 grams, 16 mm).
Rectangular bifacial stamp with hieroglyphs writing the prenomen of Amenhotep III (Neb-Maat-Re) to obverse, and to reverse 'King's Wife Tiye'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 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.
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Scarabs and Cylinders with Names, London, 1917, pl. XXXV, no. 154, for a variant of this design.
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LOT 0028
Egyptian Faience Block Bead for Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
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Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Comprising a bronze frame with a delicately modelled tear duct, inset with a white hardstone scalera and a large black glass pupil. 33 grams, 62 mm
Ex AB collection, 1920s-1930s. Accompanied by an old collection ticket.
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Egyptian Hardstone Scarab with Bes
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Plano-convex in section with detailed obverse, the underside with the figure of Bes flanked by adoring baboons and sun disks. 10.7 grams, 31 mm
Ex London, UK collection, 1990s.
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 and believed to protect the wearer from snakes. The depiction of baboons flanking Bes with their arms raised before the sun disk was a common feature on temple wall reliefs. In ancient Egyptian religious literature, baboons heralded the dawn and, thus, the rebirth of the sun. -
Romano-Egyptian Silver Ring with Bastet and Kittens
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 AD.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
D-section hoop with lotus flowers on the shoulders, bezel formed as a reclining cat and three kittens. 15.21 grams, 28.80 mm overall, 17.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Ex London, UK collection, 1990s.
The cat was sacred to Bastet, a protective mother goddess and the daughter of the sun god Re. When shown with kittens, as here, Bastet's maternal role as a fierce protector of offspring is emphasised.
