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LOT 0032
Egyptian Faience Scarab with Hieroglyphs
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (1.72 grams, 15 mm).
Naturalistic detailing to the blue stained body and legs with section of openwork between the front and back legs; hieroglyphs on base; pierced for suspension.
ProvenanceEx collection of Emil Saad, Paris-Alexandria.
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LOT 0032
Egyptian Faience Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Bright Blue Beaded Mummy Mask with Sons of Horus
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
A restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, the 'Four Sons of Horus’ beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads. 60 grams, 23 cm high
Acquired 1990s. Ex Mariaud des Serres, Paris, France. -
Egyptian Coptic Wood Female Figure
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Carved in the round, standing and with a bobbed hairstyle with ribbed bands and crest, extended hands covering stomach and pudenda; on a rectangular base; repaired. 72 grams, 19.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-Egyptian Glass Head Collection
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Three glass faces including a lion head and two male portrait heads. 61 grams total, 32-36 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
These appear to have been blown or pressed when semi-molten into a hollowed reverse-shaped mould form.
