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LOT 0555
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace String
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
23 5/8 in. (8.03 grams, 60 cm).
Composed of green- and blue-glazed disc and tubular beads, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceExcavated from Egypt in 1914.
From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter.
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LOT 0555
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace String
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Romano-Egyptian Faience Amulet Group
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a melon, two clenched-fist amulets, and two female figurines. 7.01 grams total, 18-26 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Egyptian Faience Ptah, Amun-Ra and Ra-Horakhty Triad Amulet
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,444
Rectangular plaque with a ledge along the lower edge, featuring the half-round figures of Ptah, Amun-Ra, and Ra-Horakhty; each invoked in offering formulae written in three vertical columns on the back; a fragmentary suspension loop at the rear; mounted on a wooden display stand. 88.8 grams total, 85 mm including stand
From a deceased American estate, 1970-1989. with Bonhams, London, 28 October 2009, no.81. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00066707. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13190-249206.
Amun, Ra-Horakhty, and Ptah. Amun evolved from a primordial god to a nationally worshipped deity, merging with Ra to become Amun-Ra, while Ra-Horakhty symbolises the sun and is depicted with a falcon's head. Ptah is recognised as the creator god and patron of craftsmen, originally worshipped in Memphis and later throughout Egypt. -
Egyptian Mummy Wrapping Fragment in Display Stand
Circa 1500 B.C.-300 A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Textile fragment with a decorative openwork section on one side; mounted in a protective acrylic display. 83 grams total, 16 cm including stand
with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.
