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LOT 0051
Egyptian Hyksos Steatite Scarab Collection
18TH-16TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 - 1 in. (15.1 grams total, 18-24 mm).
Four scarabs each with detailing to the upper body, legs and hieroglyphs on the bases; each pierced for suspension. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 1992.
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Egyptian Knapped Flint Axehead
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
A very thick, almost domed flint hand axe or heavy scraper formed on a blade core with the perimeter edges finely knapped; with illegible label and custom-made display stand. 390 grams total, 13 cm including stand
From the collection of Robert De Rustafjell (1876-1943), acquired in Thebes prior to 1909. Deaccessioned from The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, NY. Private New Jersey collection. -
Egyptian Faience Hieroglyphic Scarab Group
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Comprising: one in white glazed composition with figure of a baboon (the god Thoth) to the underside; four similar in blue-turquoise with hieroglyphs. 12.1 grams total, 15-19 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980. -
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.
