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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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Egyptian Limestone Head of a Priest
Ptolemaic Period, 332-31 B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
With shaven head, finely modelled facial features, lined forehead; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.8 kg total, 20 cm including stand
with J.J. Klejman, Madison Avenue, New York, USA, 1960s. UK collection, acquired from the above, 1960s.
The heads of priests in Egypt were customarily shaven for reasons of ritual purity. -
Phoenicio-Egyptian Hardstone Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Circa 6th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Haematite scarab with underside incised Horus falcon and lotus flower atop a fire-altar(?) flanked by uraei. 2.21 grams, 16 mm
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK. -
Egyptian Faience and Carnelian Beads in Victorian Necklace Set
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £247
Comprising: a tiered choker-length necklace with ancient tubular carnelian and faience beads, 19th century base metal rosettes and jingles; cantanille bracelet with similar beads; two cantanille drop earrings. 101 grams total, 6-37 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
