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LOT 0418
Egyptian Glass Mummy Eye
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (5 grams, 36 mm).
White sclera with inset black glass iris; old dealer's ticket with legend; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx John Cummings Ltd., Lincolnshire, UK.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an old information card.
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LOT 0418
Egyptian Glass Mummy Eye
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Wood Weaving Comb
Coptic Period, 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With rectangular handle to the rear, teeth to the forward edge; incised saltire decoration to the upper face of the handle. 640 grams, 24.2 cm
Previously belonging to J Stewart, Mayfair, London, UK; acquired in the early 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Romano-Egyptian Faience and Other Bead Necklace String
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed mainly of alternating melon and oblate beads, the central feature with a large melon bead and a large discoid pendant, restrung. 42 grams, 29 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection. -
Egyptian Stone Scarab Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. and laterEstimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five scarabs with anatomical detailing: one carnelian with two antelopes tête-bêche; one with worn hieroglyphs on the underside; one with two neb signs flanking others; one with two neb signs flanking a standing human figure, uraeus and nefer; and one with the Horus falcon above the sign for gold (nbw). 7.5 grams total, 12-16 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
The falcon on the sign of gold, meaning 'Golden Horus (or falcon)', is found in the titles of Egyptian kings and was therefore considered a potent symbolic motif on scarabs.
