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LOT 0512
Egyptian Flint Arrowhead Group
PREDYNASTIC PERIOD, NAQADA II, 4000-3150 B.C.
1 - 1 1/2 in. (11.2 grams total, 24-36 mm).
With triangular blade and napped recess to the lower edge. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Egyptian Faience and Carnelian Beads in Victorian Necklace Set
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £247
Comprising: a tiered choker-length necklace with ancient tubular carnelian and faience beads, 19th century base metal rosettes and jingles; cantanille bracelet with similar beads; two cantanille drop earrings. 101 grams total, 6-37 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Egyptian Diorite Bust of a Dignitary
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
Wearing a heavy wig over a rounded face with cosmetic lines and eyebrows in raised relief; vertical dorsal pillar with partial hieroglyphs to the reverse; some re-cutting, mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.03 kg total, 20 cm high including stand
Fine condition.
Ex Jean-Paul Bourgis collection, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, 1980. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12128-213629. -
Egyptian Faience and Glass Bead Group
Mostly Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Mixed group of mostly tubular glazed composition beads in various colours, with later small glass beads. 15.2 grams total, 2-20 mm
Previously with Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France, and from a Paris Gallery.
