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LOT 0427
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Head of the Goddess Hathor from a Sistrum
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 600-700 B.C.
2 in. (18.7 grams total, 49 mm including stand).
Bifacial bust of Hathor, depicted as a woman's head with cow ears, wearing a heavy wig with curled lappet ends and uraei on either side, mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Caledonian market, 16th March 1962, for 5 shillings.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.92.
Cf. Tatoń, K., 'Voiced or Silent? The Sound of the Sistrum in Ancient Egypt', Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia 19 (2024), pp. 7-19, for a discussion with examples illustrating the musicality of sistra.
FootnotesThis carefully modelled fragment is undoubtedly from a sistrum, a musical instrument often played during Hathoric rituals and festivals.
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LOT 0427
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Head of the Goddess Hathor from a Sistrum
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian and Other Mixed Artefact Collection
2nd century B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £275
Including faience, glass, marble, bronze, stucco, terracotta and wooden items such as a bangle, Byzantine trade weight, stylised coiled serpent, peg, beads, and others. 159 grams total, 3-75 mm
Ex Horatio and Patsy Melas, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967; thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London. with Chiswick Auctions, London, UK, 11 May 2016, no.132. -
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Egyptian Limestone Relief with Painted Head and Hieroglyphics
Old Kingdom, 2686-2181 B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Rectangular panel with incised decoration in three registers: the top line reads: '...Per-ankh, Per-aa, Semer-heb(?)', names of two institutions, 'House of Life' and 'Great House', and a title, possibly 'courtier of the council'; the second line reads '...imakhu netjer-aa', meaning 'honoured before the Great God'; the lower register preserves the upper body and profile head of a man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a broad collar, with face and body painted red and hair black; mounted on a custom-made stand. 17.7 kg total, 51 cm including stand
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13447-260649. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Orbiculus Textile Fragment
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising a large circular fragment of an orbiculus in linen and wool, S torsion, scalloped borders, embroidered with vegetal and geometric ornaments, dark purple on linen. 117 grams total, 18.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
Water plant elements are scattered on the orbiculus, which is decorated with vegetal interlaces and possibly fish figures. These abstract decorations show a strong stylisation that gives the marine animals a plant-like appearance.
