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LOT 0007
Egyptian Gold Cartonnage Inlays
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-31 B.C.
6 1/2 - 7 7/8 in. (635 grams total, 16.5-20 cm wide including stand).
Comprising: a winged scarab with detailed carapace and wings; and the mummiform figures of the four Sons of Horus, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef; mounted on custom-made display stands. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a 1920s French collection.
Ex German gallery, 1970-1980s.
Spanish collection, 1980s-1990s.
London, UK, collection, 2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12126-214208.
The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the internal organs of the deceased. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines.
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Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Taweret Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads, two wedjat eye pendants with black detailing; a large Taweret pendant to the centre, the hippopotamus goddess modelled advancing on a tongue-shaped plinth and wearing a tripartite wig; repaired. 12.7 grams, 31 cm
From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974.
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Egypto-Phoenician Rock Crystal Scaraboid with Winged Sphinx
Circa 900-700 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With detailed carapace and mouth parts, underside with intaglio winged sphinx sitting on a baseline with pellets beneath; supplied with a museum-quality impression. 2.85 grams, 16 mm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971. -
Egyptian Silver Bastet Cat Goddess
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Modelled seated on an oblong base; accompanied by a custom-made display base. 1.27 grams, 13 mm high (6.02 grams total, 33 mm including stand)
Ex Mrs Zimmermann Koutoulakis, December 1977. Ex R. Liechti (1934-2010) Geneva, Switzerland, collection between 1950-1990s.
Bastet was primarily a goddess of fertility, but she also represented festivities and intoxication, which formed part of the temple celebrations of her cult.
