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LOT 0449
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
37 in. (11.9 grams, 94 cm long).
Restrung group of mainly tubular beads with centrepiece a fragment of the extended wing from a pectoral. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old English deceased estate.
Acquired on the London art market in the early 1990s.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
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Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace
Late New Kingdom, 1295-1069 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Restrung designer necklace using tubular green-glazed beads in a double row, interspersed with small two-holed beads; the central feature a net-like composition of small brown and blue-glazed ring-shaped beads. 9.54 grams, 46 cm long
By repute, 'Excavated at Gurob by Prof. Flinders Petrie. From a quantity of beadwork taken from the neck of a mummy'. Ex 1920s UK collection. -
Egyptian Bronze Cobra Mount
Late Period, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Cobra-shaped mount with head raised and hood expanded, two mounting studs to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 182 grams, 22 cm
Private Israeli collection. Ex Archaeological Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015. Private European collection.
The mount most likely adorned the Atef crown of a statue of Osiris. -
Egyptian Green Glazed Shabti Group
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising: one upper body with crisply formed facial details, dorsal pillar, agricultural tools and seed bag to the reverse; one knee-length with a hieroglyphic inscription to the lower body; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 135 grams total, 10.2-11.3 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
