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LOT 0066
Egyptian Gold Ring with Faience Frog Amulet
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST-22ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 1085-713 B.C.
1 in. (6.69 grams, 25.25 mm overall, 17.68 x 15.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
Glazed composition discoid panel with high-relief frog motif, pierced; mounted on a finger ring of braided gold wire.
ProvenanceAcquired from Derek Content, 13 February 1976.
Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original handwritten invoice from Derek Content, 13 February 1976.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13454-259917.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 32, for type.
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LOT 0066
Egyptian Gold Ring with Faience Frog Amulet
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£900 (EUR 1,044; USD 1,215) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Miniature Alabaster Vase
Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period, circa 2000-1600 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With piriform body and flared rim; with an old collector's record card detailing place of purchase and other details. 32.1 grams, 30 mm wide
From the Puys-Aubert collection in Alexandria, acquired March 1963, for 10 shillings. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.101. -
Egyptian Steatite Scarab Collection
Mostly Late Middle Kingdom, Second Intermediate Period, 1780-1500 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids, including: stylised foliate motif with a sa sign; central entwined cords with curled tops and tails, and nefer signs; a falcon with outspread wings and sun disc above, surmounting a fallen enemy; a group of hieroglyphs: a central mes flanked by reed leaves, with a water sign n above, and a neb sign below; a falcon with outspread wings, with two maat feathers and stylised cobras above; a central hes vase flanked by rearing cobras. 32.6 grams total, 15-28 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Curved Knife Blade from Thebes
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lentoid in profile, with one curved blade and a sharp tip, rounded butt; accompanied by a handwritten label reading 'Knife with fine ripple flaking, Neolithic'. 59 grams, 10.4 cm
Found Thebes. From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
