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LOT 0665
Egyptian Faience Scarabs with Gold Mounts
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. AND LATER
7/8 - 1 in. (6.05 grams total, 22-25 mm).
Comprising: a chestnut-coloured steatite scarab with a Thutmosis III cartouche and hieroglyphs on the underside; a tan-coloured faience scaraboid with a Thutmosis III cartouche on the convex obverse and the same cartouche with hieroglyphs, faced by a seated baboon, on the underside; offered with a modern blue scarab in a gold mount. [3]
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the collector's original inked images.
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LOT 0665
Egyptian Faience Scarabs with Gold Mounts
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Blue Faience Cowroid with Uraei in Gold Ring
Third Intermediate Period, 1069-860 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Slender, lentoid form with a finely striated edge design; the main motif comprises four outward-facing uraei, one in each quadrant, with a sun disc at each end, mounted in a modern gold ring. 2.33 grams, 22.62 mm overall, 16.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)
Private collection, London. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Nedjem
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 15th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £80
Portion of a tapering cone with the circular flat end impressed with four columns of hieroglyphic text reading: 'Honoured by Osiris, favoured (one) of the good god, royal butler (?) of the overseer (of the crew?) of Amun, Nedjem, true of voice'. 494 grams, 21.4 cm
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The Theban tomb of Nedjem remains unknown. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone for Paroy
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa late 15th-early 14th century B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £80
Front portion of a tapering cone with the circular flat end impressed with a square-bordered design consisting of two short horizontal lines of inscription, reading: 'Scribe, Paroy'. 240 grmas, 75 mm
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
It is suggested that this cone comes from the Theban tomb of Thutmose, also known as Paroy (TT 295). However, the titles of the latter individual (Head of the Secrets in the Chest of Anubis, Sem-priest in the Good House, and Embalmer) differ from those of the person named on this cone.
