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LOT 0421
Egyptian Faience Scarab Group
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 - 3/4 in. (5.05 grams total, 16-18 mm).
Group of three scarabs, each with a hieroglyphic inscription to the underside. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. Cohen, Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, inv.no.249, for similar in Israel Museum, inv.no.76.18.271.
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Egyptian Alabaster Bowl with Incised Inner Circle
Old Kingdom, circa 2700-2513 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Squat bowl with returned lip to the rim, incised ring to the centre. 749 grams, 21 cm wide
Acquired from Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS FBA (1853-1942), who had both found and repaired the piece; a British Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and the preservation of artefacts. From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Egyptian Hardstone Double Plume Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Carved with integral loop to the reverse; old inked collector's reference 'ES716'. 2.58 grams, 27 mm
with Hotel des Ventes, Drouot, Paris, France. From the collection of Mr H. Naudy, Paris, France. Acquired at between 2004-2010. Property of a French collector.
This ancient amulet represents two ostrich feathers or shuty. Interestingly, these feathers were also present on the Atef crown of Osiris, the god of the afterlife and the dead. This suggests the amulet was believed to imbue the wearer with Osiris' divine power and protection.
