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LOT 0460
Egyptian Glass Offering Cup Fragment Group with Cartouche
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1386-1349 B.C.
1 1/8 - 1 3/8 in. (14 grams total, 30-34 mm).
A group of fragments of blue and white glass offering cups; one with a partial cartouche of Amenhotep III. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection, 1975-1978.
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LOT 0460
Egyptian Glass Offering Cup Fragment Group with Cartouche
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Egyptian Khufu Pyramid Mastabas Offering Pot
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, circa 2570-2500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A coarse pottery footed offering dish with inverted rim and conical body, likely used for cereals; from a mastaba in the pyramid field associated with Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid. 214 grams, 11.7 cm
From an old UK collection. From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016) part 2, keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Accompanied by an identification display card. Accompanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt. -
Egyptian Cartonnage Foot Covering with Anubis
Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period, 305 B.C.-323 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £826
A polychrome painted cartonnage foot-case from a cartonnage mummy with two stylised bare feet to the upper face, each with a ankle panel with the god Anubis in jackal form with a flail over the shoulder, framed by geometric borders which continue around the perimeter of the foot cover; soles of polychrome chequered sandals to base. 295 grams, 25 cm wide
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
Foot-cases like this were part of group of cartonnage adornments for a mummy, which usually comprised a mask, broad collar, stomach cover, leg section, and foot-case. For a complete set found on a mummy from Abydos see Scott III, G.D., Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, Yale, 1986, pp.160-161. -
Egyptian Limestone Figure of Isis-Aphrodite
Ptolemaic-Roman Period, 332 B.C.-200 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £483
A limestone figure modelled in the half-round, lying naked on a rectangular bed, executed with semi-naturalistic anatomical detailing, voluminous coiffed hair and painted necklace, armbands and distinctive ornamental girdle at the waist; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 109 grams total, 11.5 cm including stand
Fine condition.
with Secret Eye Gallery, New York City, 1977. with Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, 8 October, 2003, lot 66. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by an original Arte Primitivo catalogue page. Accompanied by a scholarly note by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
This syncretic figure combines the Egyptian goddess Isis and the Greek goddess Aphrodite, a deity popular from the 3rd century B.C. into the Roman Period, who embodied aspects of fertility, marriage, and childbirth.
