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LOT 0462
Egyptian Limestone Floral Inlay Group
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (77 grams total, 11-20 mm).
Group of discoid inlay plaques with cinquefoil motif. [42]
ProvenanceFrom a central London ADA member's gallery, 1990s.
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Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, 1186-715 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Pale grey glazed composition shabti with black outlining to the wig, eyes and facial features, arms, seed sack and a vertical panel of hieroglyphic text to the lower body dedicating the shabti to 'The illuminated, the Osiris, The God's Father (a priestly title) Pia[..]'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 249 grams total, 14 cm high including stand
Ex Marc Delorme, Antiquité Archéologie, France. From the private collection of Mr & Mrs Gent of Belgium, acquired June 2009. Accompanied by a handwritten illustrated invoice and two handwritten dealer's tags. -
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Egyptian Multi-Stranded Faience Mummy Bead Necklace
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Composed of polychrome composition beads of mainly annular and tubular types. 29.3 grams, 75 cm long
Acquired before 1979. From the private collection of Mr F. A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014. -
Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph Print of Thebes
1820 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Phillipeaux - Thèbes - Medynet-Abou. Combat Naval sculpté sur la face extérieure du palais exposée au nord - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 10 from La Description de l’Égypte: Antiquités, Volume II: Commission des sciences et arts d’Égypte with later backing sheet. 375 grams, 130.5 x 67 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopaedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The frieze is from the palace wall of Meninet - Abou.
