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LOT 0510
Egyptian Gold Setting with Glass Inlay
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/8 in. (1.18 grams, 10 mm).
Square sheet gold cell with repoussé quatrefoil to the undeside, inset glass panel in red glass and pale turquoise faience.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 0510
Egyptian Gold Setting with Glass Inlay
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Large Egyptian Faience Papyrus Amulet Pendant
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
With stylised incised lotus petal detailing to base and neck; ribbed suspension loop. 11 grams, 66 mm
with Bonhams, Antiquities, 21 October 1999, no.432-436. -
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Egyptian Faience Beaded Mummy Mask with Sons of Horus
Ptolemaic Period, 332-31 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £445
Restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, the 'Four Sons of Horus’ beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads; mounted in a glazed frame with papyrus backing. 127 grams, 28 cm
Previously with Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France. From a Paris gallery.
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. -
Egyptian Gold Cartonnage Inlays
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-31 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
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. 635 grams total, 16.5-20 cm wide including stand
From 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.
