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LOT 0715
Egyptian Feldspar Eye of Horus Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (1.78 grams, 17 mm).
Carved from light-green feldspar, with a ribbed suspension loop above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p.164, no. 316, for a similar plain green stone example.
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LOT 0715
Egyptian Feldspar Eye of Horus Amulet
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of User(amun)
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1479-1425 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large portion of the tapering cone with the circular flat end bearing the impressed stamp, with three horizontal groups of hieroglyphs reading: 'Hereditary prince, count chancellor of the king of Lower Egypt, sole companion, overseer of the city, vizier, User(amun), true of voice'. 596 grams, 11.2 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 impressively lofty titles listed on this cone identify the owner as Useramun, here shortened to User. He owned two tombs in the Theban necropolis, one, it seems, for his family (TT 61) and the other for himself (TT 131). -
Egyptian Steatite Statuette of a Boy
Alexandria, 3rd century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £135
Modelled in the round figure of a child crouching holding a bird close to his chest; socket to each ear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 67.4 grams total, 5 cm, 10 cm high including stand
Ex Herbert A.Cahn, Basle, 1960s. -
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Egyptian Fragment of a Naophorus Statue
New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasty, 1540-1069 B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Fragment of a kneeling figure offering a naos (shrine) before him, on a substantial plinth; preserving both knees of the main figure, a lower portion of the naos containing the lower legs of a seated deity holding a staff or sceptre, with traces of hieroglyphic inscription on the naos front and sides, and on the preserved top edge of the plinth. 5.75 kg total including stand, 16.5 cm wide
UK collection, acquired 1970s-1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13520-263439.
