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LOT 0055
Egyptian Green Stone Baboon Statuette
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (6.21 grams, 33 mm).
Carved in the round as an amuletic baboon figure with a lunar crescent-and-disc headdress and a ribbed suspension loop behind the head.
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13180-249315.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 27 and fig. 24c, for a discussion and example of the amulet type.
FootnotesAmulets depicting the squatting baboon wearing the lunar headdress can represent either Thoth or Khonsu.
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LOT 0055
Egyptian Green Stone Baboon Statuette
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£825 (EUR 957; USD 1,114) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Lance Point Group from Luxor
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three leaf-shaped with tapering sharp points, one tongue-shaped with a rounded point; one with an inked note 'Luxor 1912'; with an old handwritten label reading 'Weapon points- possible lance points - Neolithic'. 60.7 grams total, 53-84 mm
Found Luxor. From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton. -
Egyptian Faience and Glass Bead Necklace String with Later Horus Amulet
Late Period-Roman Period, circa 664-323 A.D. and laterEstimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Including melon, polyhedral, annular, and other bead types, with a crowned Horus falcon pendant; restrung. 43 grams, 38 cm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Egyptian Decorative Glazed Faience Amulet Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Comprising: two rosette beads, one tubular bead and a stamp-seal amulet, all with a drill hole; one rosette bead slightly worn. 5.77 grams total, 11-24 mm
with Tajan Auction, 22 October 2004, no.172.
