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LOT 0417
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Pataikos Amulet
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
1 1/2 in. (5.7 grams, 39 mm).
Typical nude, bandy-legged figure wearing a beaded collar, with a suspension loop at the back of the head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 0417
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Pataikos Amulet
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of User(amun)
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1479-1425 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large portion of the tapering cone with the circular flat end bearing the impressed stamp, with three horizontal groups of hieroglyphs reading: 'Hereditary prince, count chancellor of the king of Lower Egypt, sole companion, overseer of the city, vizier, User(amun), true of voice'. 596 grams, 11.2 cm
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The impressively lofty titles listed on this cone identify the owner as Useramun, here shortened to User. He owned two tombs in the Theban necropolis, one, it seems, for his family (TT 61) and the other for himself (TT 131). -
Egyptian Faience Cat Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Modelled in the round in a sitting pose with head turned; old collector's label: 'Ancient Egyptian Charm Figure of the Sacred Cat. B.C. 900. Fine style & work & quite perfect. From the Hilton Price Collection'; with an old wooden stand. 3.01 grams, 23 mm
From the private collection of Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909). From the estate of a deceased Sussex private collector since the early 20th century. Accompanied by an old, original handwritten information label. -
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Egyptian Bronze Votive Apis Bull Statue
Ptolemaic Period, 2nd-1st century B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £650
Small votive statuette of a bull advancing with a sun disc and uraeus between the horns, on a rectangular plinth; incised caparison and two falcons with outstretched wings on its back; phallus and testicles present; mounted on a custom-made stand. 90 grams total, 72 mm high including stand
Ex Zurich art market, 1980s. Private collection Brigitte Leu, Zurich, between 1980 and 2003.
In Ancient Egypt, bull deities embodied aspects of fertility or the creative power of certain gods, such as Ra. Originally, the Apis bull was a fertility god in his own right, but he could also merge syncretically with other deities. For example, the creator god Ptah of Memphis found his "living repetition" in the Apis bull. When an Apis bull died, it was given a lavish funeral and interred in a magnificent hard-stone sarcophagus within the dedicated catacombs at Saqqara known as the Serapeum.
