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LOT 0023
Egyptian Faience Isis Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 in. (4.87 grams, 52 mm).
Striding on a rectangular base, right arm held by her side, the other wrapped around her torso; wearing a modius of cobras topped by a horned sun disc; turquoise glaze; with reverse suspension loop.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 1998.
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Egyptian Decorated Wooden Vessel with Stopper
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Spheroid wooden flask and stopper; the outer face with incised alternating bands of radiating triangles and hatching, the equator with frieze of perching birds and a hatched sunburst to the underside; turned hollow wooden stopper with carinated profile and flanges. 11 grams, 74 mm
Ex family collection since the 1950s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
The vessel is a version in lathe-turned wood of a type known to have been produced in glass. -
Egyptian Blue Glass Ring
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Wound construction with raised partially gilded decoration. 10.61 grams, 32.49 mm overall, 19.42 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Egyptian Faience Scarab for Thutmose III
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Amuletic scarab bead with cartouche of Thutmose III flanked by erect sacred uraei to the underside. 1.96 grams, 16 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.
