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LOT 0006
Egyptian Faience Broad Collar Amulet Necklace
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
12 3/4 in. (53 grams total, 32.5 cm wide).
A restrung group of annular and figural beads forming a collar of five descending tiers including djed pillar, atef crown, cartouche and other types.
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gallery.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12935-246384.
Cf. faience necklaces and pendants of similar typology in Boyce, A., ‘Chapter II, Collar and necklace designs at Amarna: a preliminary study of fayence pendants’ in Kemp, B.J. (ed), Amarna Reports 6, pp.336-371, figs.11, for similar pendants.
FootnotesSeveral faience collars found in the tomb of Tutankhamun use amuletic forms, the hes-vase, nefer-sign, and cartouche pendants as part of primarily plant-form collars. Depictions of collars on the sarcophagi and gold mask from the tomb of Tuiya and Yuia also show nefer-signs and palmettes used alongside the more common plant designs.
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LOT 0006
Egyptian Faience Broad Collar Amulet Necklace
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Faience Shabti
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
D-shaped in section with tripartite wig and false beard. 7.95 grams, 61 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Bayban el Molouk at Thebes
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 79 Thèbes - Byban el Molouk entitled Plan des 2e, 4e, 2e et 1er tombeaux des rois a l'Est. Plan du 3e tombeau a l'Ouest. Plan du Tombeau isolé de l'Ouest. Plan, coupe et détails de l'entrée et du sarcophage du 2e tombeau a l'Ouest. Plan et coupe du 1er tombeau a l'Ouest. Plan et coupe du 6e tombeau a l'Ouest. 208 grams, 102.5 x 69 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). This plate shows plans and sections of some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. -
Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Central part of an orbiculus representing a six-petalled flower, S torsion, in red, yellow, olive green and blue wool. 11 grams total including package, 74 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
Similar figures are widely presented in Coptic textiles, repeating a pattern in which flowers are usually paired with bird figures. This decoration is typical of tunics, but it was also used in large-scale textiles intended for domestic or funerary furnishings.
