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LOT 0488
Egyptian Glass Inlay Collection
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1 1/2 in. (12 grams total, 12-39 mm).
Comprising sixteen drawn inlays of various colour combinations. [16]
ProvenanceEx N.A. collection, 1970s.
Kept in the U.K. since 2007.
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LOT 0488
Egyptian Glass Inlay Collection
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Gold Cat Amulet of the God Bastet
Late New Kingdom, 1070-900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Modelled seated on an arch-shaped base, with simple facial detailing and suspension loop to the reverse. 0.52 grams, 8 mm
Ex French collection 1920s, Paris art market. -
Egyptian Bronze Mummiform Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-343 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Wearing a tall Atef crown with sun disc and uraeus, arms crossed at the chest, holding the royal crook and flail. 57 grams, 12.1 cm
Gifted by Herbert Parsons (1870-1940) to his grandson, James Gibson (1926-2013). Inherited by the vendor and her brother, from their grandfather James Gibson. -
Framed Coptic Wool Garment Fragment with Female Heads
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising a vertical arrangement of female heads wearing proplomas, alternating with green foliage; enclosed within a red-orange border with yellow bands, wave motifs to the edges; mounted in a custom-made glazed frame by Jean Bohne Pictures & Frames, New York, with a handwritten dedication to the reverse. 728 grams total, 46 x 17.5 cm including frame
From the private collection of Mr Vladimir Gregorietch Simkhovitch (1874-1959), Professor of Economics at Columbia University, U.S.A. Vladimir was a great collector of ancient art and works from his collection are kept in the Smithsonian Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and the Brooklyn Museum amongst others.
The band was probably a segment from a curtain, carpet or parietal cover.
