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LOT 0501
Egyptian Gold Uraeus Amulet
LATE NEW KINGDOM, 1070-900 B.C.
3/8 in. (0.38 grams, 11 mm).
In rearing cobra pose with body coiled below.
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century French collection.
LiteratureCf. Charron, A., Barbotin, C., Khâemouaset, le prince archéologue, savoir et pouvoir à l’époque de Ramsès II,Gand, 2016, p.111 nos.36-37, for two similarly styled examples.
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LOT 0501
Egyptian Gold Uraeus Amulet
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Stone Scarab
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Dark green hardstone with paler speckles; with a boldly carved head, clypeus, prothorax and elytra, and legs indicated at the sides; plain underside. 17 grams, 29 mm
Ex Irene Newman, Birdham, Chichester, West Sussex, England. with Stride & Son Auctioneers, Chichester, West Sussex, England, 23 April 2015, no.1599 [Part]. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
The scarab, which represented the dung beetle, was the most popular amulet in ancient Egypt for approximately two thousand years until the Ptolemaic Period when it gradually fell out of favour. The popularity of scarabs extended beyond the borders of Egypt, and they were also distributed and produced in other regions, such as Phoenicia and Israel. The beetle is named khepri, derived from the verb 'to come into existence', and was considered the embodiment of the creator god Khepri, who was self-engendered. The ancient Egyptians mistakenly believed that the young beetle emerging from the dung ball was the result of an act of self-creation. -
Egyptian Porphyry Disc-Mace
Neolithic Period, circa 2500-1500 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Circular in plan with worked cutting edge all round, socket with one chamfered face. 556 grams, 14 cm
Probably found Egypt, North Africa. Acquired on the British art market. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector. -
Egyptian Red Limestone Jar
New Kingdom, 1550-1069 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With everted disc rim and flat base, twin lug handles at the shoulder. 57 grams, 51 mm
Pino Donati collection, Lugano-Breganzona, formed in the 1960s-early 1970s. with Arte Classica, Stefano Donati, Lugano. Private collection, Europe, acquired November 2011 from the above. with Bonhams, New Bond Street, 28 November 2019, no.163.
Red limestone vessels have a limited chronological range and are particularly characteristic of the Predynastic Period. See Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, SAGA 5, Heidelberg, 1994, p.170, fig. 21, for the chronological range of the stone used for vessels.
