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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 Glass Anubis Head Inlay
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
An opaque black glass inlay in the form of the head of Anubis in jackal form; repaired. 19.2 grams, 58 mm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. -
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Egyptian Limestone Fragment with Face
Old Kingdom, 2686-2181 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
A carved limestone relief fragment with profile male head facing left, with close-cropped hair and detailed treatment of the eye, ear and mouth; inked inscription to the reverse 'E. H. Heckett.'; set in an old velvet-covered mount. 129 grams, 71 mm wide
From the estate of a deceased American, acquired between 1970-1989. with Bonham's, London, Knightsbridge, 28 October 2009, lot 23 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11596-198972. -
Egyptian Djed Pillar Amulet
7th-1st century B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A large finely-made wooden amuletic djed pillar; old collector's accession number 'E.436' to underside; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 106 grams, 17 cm high
with ink inscribed 'E.436' to base. Acquired in 1970. Ex private European collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11602-199041.
The djed pillar symbolises stability and is usually understood to be the spine of the god Ptah although its origins are more probably in cult practices involving sheaves of reeds which were revered due to the general absence of trees from the Egyptian landscape. The djed later came to be symbolise Seker, the falcon god of Memphis and Ptah, the Memphite god of craftsmen, who carried a sceptre formed as a combination of the djed and the ankh. The cult of Ptah waned and gave way to that of Osiris so that by the New Kingdom (16th century B.C.), the djed had become associated with Osiris, part of whose cult included a ceremony for raising the djed representing Osiris's triumph over Seth.
