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LOT 0455
Egyptian Green Faience Flask
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 3/8 in. (36 grams, 59 mm high).
A light green faience miniature pilgrim flask with pierced handles and two lug feet, bifacial decoration displaying a stylised flower head to one face and a lotus(?) motif to the other. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980s.
Private UK collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Egyptian Scarab in Gold Mount
New Kingdom, circa 1500 B.C. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £610
A glazed composition scarab with detailed serrated legs and with a-n-r, nub and nefer signs around a cartouche containing the incomplete name of Thutmose III to the underside; set in a later gold mount for suspension. 2.34 grams, 18 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1969-1999. London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
The sign groups surrounding the cartouche are indicative of Asiatic scarab production of the Second Intermediate Period, where the craftsmen did not understand the meaning of hieroglyphs and used them for purely decorative reasons. This suggests that either the beetle and sun-disc signs in the cartouche are unintentionally similar to those of Thutmose III, or that this is a later scarab with an inaccurately rendered name of the king -
Egyptian Glass Eye Pair
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
A pair of glass eye inlays from a mummy case, brown glass irises, painted black pupils and lateral tear ducts; mounted on a custom-made glass stand. 1.3 kg total, 35.5 cm high including stand
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. with Jean Marc Delvaux SVV, 15 December 2017, lot 274. -
Egyptian Gold Fly Amulet
Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A sheet-gold fly amulet with heart-shaped wings, head formed as suspension loop. 0.72 grams, 18 mm
Acquired 1970-2010. Collection of a late Japanese gentleman.
