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LOT 0028
Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Necklace with Papyrus Flower Amulets
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C. AND LATER
23 5/8 in. (10 grams, 60 cm long).
Composed of restrung lapis lazuli papyrus flower amulets, very fine lapis cylindrical beads, tiny red beads and gold spheres, with a
modern clasp.
UK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 0028
Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Necklace with Papyrus Flower Amulets
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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Egyptian Faience Bes Amulet
Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Standing on a roughly oval base with hands on thighs, grotesque facial features; suspension loop to head. 1.31 grams, 26 mm
From an early 20th century Home Counties, UK, collection.
Despite his fearsome appearance, Bes was the protector of women in childbirth. -
Framed Coptic Wool Garment Fragment with Female Heads
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising a vertical arrangement of female heads wearing proplomas, alternating with green foliage; enclosed within a red-orange border with yellow bands, wave motifs to the edges; mounted in a custom-made glazed frame by Jean Bohne Pictures & Frames, New York, with a handwritten dedication to the reverse. 728 grams total, 46 x 17.5 cm including frame
From the private collection of Mr Vladimir Gregorietch Simkhovitch (1874-1959), Professor of Economics at Columbia University, U.S.A. Vladimir was a great collector of ancient art and works from his collection are kept in the Smithsonian Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and the Brooklyn Museum amongst others.
The band was probably a segment from a curtain, carpet or parietal cover. -
Egyptian Bronze Mummiform Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-343 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Wearing a tall Atef crown with sun disc and uraeus, arms crossed at the chest, holding the royal crook and flail. 57 grams, 12.1 cm
Gifted by Herbert Parsons (1870-1940) to his grandson, James Gibson (1926-2013). Inherited by the vendor and her brother, from their grandfather James Gibson.
