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LOT 0467
Egyptian Faience Necklace with Pendant
NEW KINGDOM, 1400-1100 B.C.
30 in. (41 grams, 76 cm long).
Designer necklace composed of alternating white and turquoise tubular beads with oval spacer bead; a collar terminal as a central pendant with two rows of petal-shaped beads incorporating tubular and ring spacers suspended below.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Andrews, C., Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, London, 1990, p.58, fig. 41, for examples of similarly shaped collar terminals.
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LOT 0467
Egyptian Faience Necklace with Pendant
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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Faience Juglet
Parthian, 1st-2nd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With barrel-shaped body. trumpet-shaped neck flanked by strap handles to the shoulder, horizontal ribbing. 106 grams, 10 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
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Large Egyptian Steatite Scarab of Thutmose III
New Kingdom, 1504-1450 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £351
Pierced longitudinally with a detailed carapace, the underside is decorated with the image of a coiled cobra wearing the dual crown of Egypt facing the hieroglyphs giving the throne name of King Thutmose III (mn-ḫpr-RꜤ). 5.29 grams, 28 mm
From the collection of Walter Thomas Gaze Cooper (1895-1980); thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The popularity of this great Egyptian pharaoh was such that his name appeared on scarabs during his reign and into the Late Period. -
Egyptian Silver Goddess Bastet Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Modelled as a cat seated on an oblong base; accompanied by a custom-made display base. 1.27 grams, 13 mm high (6.02 grams total, 33 mm including stand)
Ex Mrs Zimmermann Koutoulakis, December 1977. Ex R. Liechti (1934-2010) Geneva, Switzerland, collection between 1950-1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Bastet was primarily a goddess of fertility, but she also represented festivities and intoxication, which formed part of the temple celebrations of her cult.
