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LOT 0483
Egyptian Jasper Hair Ring Group
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C.
3/4 -1 in. (13.75 grams total, 18-24 mm).
Group of two barrel-shaped penannular rings. [2]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 0483
Egyptian Jasper Hair Ring Group
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Steatite Bifacial Scaraboid with Face and Bull
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Modelled as a domed face of Hathor with small cow-ears and a wig with coiled lappet ends, and an advancing cow on the underside. 10.18 grams, 32 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Stone Age Hollow-base Arrowhead
Neolithic Period, 4500-3600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £163
A bifacial flint arrowhead with a pronounced hollow-base form. 2.55 grams, 35.6 mm
From the late collection of a Cornish couple, formed from the early 1990s.
Many hollow-base flint arrowheads were uncovered during excavations at Neolithic sites in Egypt, such as the Fayum region (cf. British Museum EA58736) and Merimde Beni Salama in the Delta (cf. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology UC10909). -
Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphics
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Mummiform shabti wearing a tripartite wig, with arms crossed and holding a pick and hoe, seed bag suspended over the shoulder; horizontal band to the waist and vertical column to the legs, each with an impressed hieroglyphic inscription. 80 grams, 13.5 cm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the early 1980s; thence by descent.
