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LOT 0464
Egyptian Faience Tubular Bead and Amulet Group
NEW KINGDOM, 1315-332 B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 7/8 in. (26 grams total, 3-22 mm).
Composed mainly of tubular and annular beads decorated with polychrome glazes, together with the upper half of an amulet of the god Shu. [150+]
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century UK collection.
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Romano-Egyptian Glass Millefiori Face Bead
Circa 1st century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £278
Spherical in form with an opaque yellow body with three face-cane slices and three chequerboard slices. 5.35 grams, 16 mm
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Heavy Egypto-Persian Bronze Phiale with Ibexes, Leonine-Headed Aegis, Pseudo-Cartouches, and Lotus Flowers
Circa 7th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Shallow profile with rounded underside and rounded rim; underside with central impressed cruciform motif with one eccentric arm; inner face with two ropework bands flanking stamped images (advancing ibex, lotus in blossom, leonine-headed aegis (perhaps Sekhmet); central ring of pellets with herringbone borders, cruciform design of four lotus plants above stems with leonine-headed aegis and pseudo cartouches topped with Maat-feather plumes. 256 grams, 14.7 cm wide
From a private UK collection since the 1980s. Acquired mid 2000s. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by a scholarly report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.