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LOT 0523
Egyptian Faience Shabti Collection
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in. (22.7 grams total, 44-60 mm).
Comprising four mummiform figures with tripartite wigs and divine beards. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx H Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from the World Museum, Liverpool, Lymm, 2016, p. 519, no. 273, for fifteen similar examples from Abydos.
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Egyptian Granite Seated Figure
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,667
Fragment of a statue of an official, comprising the torso and legs clad in an ankle-length robe and seated on a rectangular-section seat with stepped base and short, curved backrest and rear dorsal pillar; the left hand carved with the palm resting along the thigh; the right hand similarly placed but with the hand gripping a folded piece of cloth of which the ends are draped over the lower thigh above the knee; traces of an old label to reverse. 4.1 kg, 18.7 cm
Private collection, Europe. with Bonhams & Brooks, 8th November 2001, no.265. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams & Brooks catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12584-232097.
The official would have been shown wearing a longer cloak-like garment rather than a waist-height kilt, as the line of the folded edge is visible above where a waistband would typically be. -
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Egyptian Pale Blue Steatite Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £104
Plano-convex in section with scarab detailing to the upper face; underside with hieroglyphic inscription; pierced longitudinally. 2.22 grams, 17 mm
Ex Constable collection, 1990s. Ex P. Morris collection. -
Egyptian Statuette of a Monkey
Ptolemaic Period, 4th-1st century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Standing on a rectangular plinth with head raised and tail curled above the hindquarters, barrel-shaped body with incised detailing at the shoulders and hips, traces of a white and reddish brown coating; partially restored; old collector's labels to underside '51' and 'N13234'. 42.8 grams, 60 mm
Ex Baden-Württemberg, Germany, formed since ca.1930. Private collection Saarland, Germany. Thereafter, Michael Schrôder, Germany. Consigned to DAWO Auktion, 18 February 2017, no.824. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00123279.
