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LOT 0063
Egyptian Faience Ptah, Amun-Ra and Ra-Horakhty Triad Amulet
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
3 3/8 in. (88.8 grams total, 85 mm including stand).
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.
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 13(b).
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LOT 0063
Egyptian Faience Ptah, Amun-Ra and Ra-Horakhty Triad Amulet
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Green Stone Baboon Statuette
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Carved in the round as an amuletic baboon figure with a solar disc headdress, ribbed suspension loop behind the neck. 6.21 grams, 33 mm
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13180-249315.
Amulets of squatting baboons were often associated with Thoth, the patron deity of scribes. -
Egyptian Haematite Heart Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Carved with lateral triangular lugs and an integral bale. 2 grams, 15 mm
Ex early 20th century collection. -
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Memnonium at Thebes
Early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 23 from Vol.II of Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. entitled Thèbes. Memnonium. Vue générale du tombeau d'Osymandyas et d'une partie de la plaine de Thèbes prise du ord-ouest. 226 grams, 105 x 69.5 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The "Memnonium" is the Greek name for the mortuary temple of Ramesses II, now known as the Ramesseum.
