Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 0419
Egyptian Green Glazed Shabti Group
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
4 - 4 3/8 in. (135 grams total, 10.2-11.3 cm including stand).
Comprising: one upper body with crisply formed facial details, dorsal pillar, agricultural tools and seed bag to the reverse; one knee-length with a hieroglyphic inscription to the lower body; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
VETTING:
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
RELATED LOTS
-
Egyptian Silver Poppy Head Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With bulb and disc finial, integral shank and gusseted suspension loop. 1.03 grams, 17 mm
From an early 20th century collection.
Amulets in the form of poppies were utilised for healing and alleviating pain, as well as for warding off death. These types of amulets were also linked to Osiris, the Egyptian deity of agriculture, death, and the afterlife. -
Egyptian Bronze Ring with Portrait
Ptolemaic Period, 3rd-2nd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,925
With ellipsoid plaque, low-relief profile bust of a male with tousled hair and aquiline nose. 21.88 grams, 30.19 mm overall, 19.08 x 16.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14)
Acquired by the owners family in the 1980s. Ex Rupert Wace, Ancient Art Ltd, London UK. with Christie's, New York, ‘Ancient Jewellery’, 11 December 2003, no.378. European private collection. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12084-218157. -
.jpg)
Egyptian Steatite Scaraboid for Pharaoh Shabaka
Late 8th-early 9th century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Bifacial carved scaraboid; reverse with royal cartouche for Pharaoh Shabaka, flanked by the uraeus of Lower and Upper Egypt, surmounted by the Pharaonic epithet “King of the Upper and Lower Egypt” (“king of the reed” and “king of the bee”) and by the title “the son of Ra” and below, the sign of neb (damaged) “lord”; obverse with on the left, wedjat (winged cobra with the red crown – Lower Egypt), embracing with his wings shen (solar symbol) and in the centre, a lion with a ram's head, crowned and on the right, wedjat with the white crown of the Upper Egypt; on the upper section, a scarab with opened wings, instead of a lotus flower is depicted on the lower section. 7.65 grams, 27 mm
UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12081-217354.
