Loading, please wait...
Details
LOT 0448
Egyptian Hardstone and Faience Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 - 1 in. (10.8 grams total, 13-25 mm).
Including red jasper heart ib, bunch of grapes, seated Hathor, Horus falcon, a sow, hand in 'fica' gesture, tilapia fish and other types. [11, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion.
CONDITIONVETTING:
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 Coptic-Fatimid Mounted Textile with Dancers
Circa 12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
The woven textile fragment of linen and wool with a large horizontal decorative band depicting octagonal rosettes inscribed in rhomboids; the rosettes divided by stylised columns decorated with foliage elements; the band edged by two lateral segments formed of octagonal rosettes enclosing flowers, bordered with scalloped geometries; at the bottom four stylised dancers. 285 grams, 60 x 35.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
It is the lower part of a cloak from the Fatimid era. The end of the Coptic period was characterised by a treatment of eight-lobed rosettes, a current motif in Muslim art. The four dancers are made as simple signs. -
Egyptian Limestone Figural Temple Relief
Late New Kingdom, 1293-1060 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680
Depicting a naked male figure crouching right, wearing a head cap and lifting an amphora over his head, pouring its liquid contents out behind him; with pecking defacing; repaired. 1.2 kg, 25.6 cm
Ex T.C. collection, Martigny, Switzerland. Acquired in Europe before 1994. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11836-206814. -
Egyptian Coptic Bone Cross
Circa 7th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Of equal-arm type, with reserved concentric panels to the obverse and central socket; pierced for suspension. 20.4 grams, 51 mm
Old UK collection, circa 2000. Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Essex, UK. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. Accompanied by a DRG certificate of authenticity and provenance statement.
