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LOT 0728
Egyptian Faience Mummy Beads and Cat Amulet
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
1/8 - 1 in. (8.4 grams total, 3-24 mm).
Comprising tubular, ribbed and annular beads, offered with the top part of a cat amulet. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a mid 20th century London, UK, collection.
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LOT 0728
Egyptian Faience Mummy Beads and Cat Amulet
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Fragment of a Naophorus Statue
New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasty, 1540-1069 B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Fragment of a kneeling figure offering a naos (shrine) before him, on a substantial plinth; preserving both knees of the main figure, a lower portion of the naos containing the lower legs of a seated deity holding a staff or sceptre, with traces of hieroglyphic inscription on the naos front and sides, and on the preserved top edge of the plinth. 5.75 kg total including stand, 16.5 cm wide
UK collection, acquired 1970s-1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13520-263439. -
Egyptian and Phoenician Stone Scarab Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids, with hieroglyphs and symbols to the underside. 12.08 grams total, 16-19 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace String
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of green- and blue-glazed disc and tubular beads, restrung. 8.03 grams, 60 cm
Excavated 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.
