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LOT 0012
Egyptian Flint Tool Collection
PRE-DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
2 3/8 - 5 1/4 in. (165 grams total, 6.2-13.5 mm).
Including piriform scraper tool, single-edged knife with old label 'Gull's wing blade, Egypt', curved blade with old label 'Comma-shaped knife, Egypt', sickle blade and other items with accompanying collector's record card on reverse of a printed invitation to a garden party at Carisbrooke 4th July 1940. [6]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Sydney Horne, 1920s-1940s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Aufrère, S., Collections des Musées départementaux de Seine-Maritime, Rouen, 1987, pp.188-190, for comparable examples.
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Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Bes
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Plano-convex in section with detailed obverse, the underside with the figure of Bes flanked by adoring baboons and sun discs. 10.7 grams, 31 mm
Ex London, UK collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Bes became one of ancient Egypt's most popular apotropaic deities from the New Kingdom onwards. Despite his somewhat fearful appearance, Bes was the patron and protector of pregnant women and children and believed to protect the wearer from snakes. The depiction of baboons flanking Bes with their arms raised before the sun disk was a common feature on temple wall reliefs. In ancient Egyptian religious literature, baboons heralded the dawn and, thus, the rebirth of the sun. -
Egypto-Phoenician Glass Scaraboid with Beast-Tamer
800-600 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Ellipsoid in plan with transverse piercing, impressed intaglio scene of 'beast-tamer' motif (human figure in profile with one arm extended towards a rampant ibex); aqua glass; repaired. 4.28 grams, 19 mm
From the collection of Mr S.M., London, UK, formed from 1979-1999. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Phoenician Terracotta Juglet
Circa 5th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Narrow in profile with tapering body and flared foot, tubular neck with strap handle to rear. 97 grams, 94 mm
From North Africa, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. Accompanied by an old handwritten dealer's tag. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
