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LOT 0471
Egyptian Faience Shabti
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 in. (10.5 grams, 49 mm).
Plano-convex in section with moulded piriform face and wig, tools in the crossed hands, accompanied by an old handwritten note 'faience. Ceramic composed of crushed quartz or quartz sand with small amounts of lime and plant ash or naron. Coated with a bright blue or green glaze or soda[...]' and to verso 'Late period 700-400 BC Ex Margaret Seton-Jones from Flinders Petrie'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Margaret Seton-Jones from Flinders Petrie.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by a handwritten slip with description and provenance.
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Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Young Horus
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Modelled in the round in striding pose with one arm resting along the body and the right hand raised to his mouth, wearing an elaborate side-lock of youth and Pschent crown fronted by uraeus; mounted on a display stand. 202 grams total, 12.8 cm including stand
with R.H. Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo, early 20th century. Private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by its original base, retaining the Blanchard label.
Harpocrates is the Greek equivalent of the Egyptian name Hor-pa-khered, which means 'Horus the Child'. This name refers to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris. Wearing an amulet of Harpocrates was believed to provide the same protection that Isis granted to her beloved son. Larger bronze statuettes, such as this, were probably votive offerings to Harpocrates, intended to secure his favour and protection. -
Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Modelled in the half-round in a standing pose, wearing the atef crown with flanking ostrich plumes and frontal uraeus; holding the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) regalia in his hands arranged knuckle to knuckle; lower legs absent. 12.7 grams, 60 mm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Egyptian Steatite Heart Scarab
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With ribbed carapace and suspension loop to underside. 2.89 grams, 22 mm
Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
