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LOT 0515
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace with Bastet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. AND LATER
3 1/8 in. (9.93 grams, 80 cm long).
Restrung necklace of tubular and annular beads with later pendant figure of Bastet as centrepiece. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice
New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, 1315-945 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
The lotiform cup modelled as an open lotus flower with incised petal detailing to the outer face, short stem and flared foot; some restoration. 205 grams, 12.1 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12937-243177.
Faience chalices shaped like the flowers of the white lotus (Nymphaea albicans) first appeared in the 18th Dynasty and are believed to be drinking vessels. -
Egyptian Faience Bead Broad Collar Necklace
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising: band of vertically strung faience tubular beads with integral tie at each end; below, a fringe of vertically strung groups of eight similar beads on a loop of thread with annular beads at the junction with the band and more similar at the outer end of the fringe; ancient cord. 50 grams, 33.5 cm
Ex William Ohly, 1883-1955. Ex Abbey Museum, Barnet, by descent. -
Phoenician Amethyst Scarab with Horse’s Head and Later Aramaic Inscription
Late 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Scaraboid in form with transverse piercing, four later engraved Aramaic characters engraved to the flat face above a horse-head motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 1.59 grams, 13 mm
From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1969-1999; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a previous cataloguing slip.
