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LOT 0007
Egyptian Limestone Fragment Group
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2035-1550 B.C.
4 - 10 7/8 in. (1.03 kg total, 10.1-27.7 cm).
Comprising four fragments of dressed and plastered wall, each with painted hieroglyphs in blue, green and black shades, some with low-relief modelling. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Oppenheim, A., Arnold, Do., Arnold, D., Yamamoto, K. (eds.), Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, New York, 2015, p.61, cat.11 detail, for similar styling of the eye and eyebrow.
FootnotesThese fragments seem to be sections of tomb wall reliefs. They include portions of an offering formula, mention of a 'district', a festival, and the symbol of Anubis. The decoration in different parts of some Middle Kingdom tombs had scenes and texts applied in paint or executed with raised relief carving.
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Egyptian Faience Scarab with Hieroglyphs
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Opening Bid: £100
Blue glazed faience scarab beetle, with detailed features; the underside decorated with a recumbent jackal above a seated figure in an attitude of praise before two hieroglyphs. 4.18 grams, 23 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Large Egyptian Faience Amulet of the Goddess Isis
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
The goddess dressed in a long tight-fitting tunic to her ankles, standing with her left leg forward, her straight arms descending to her thighs; vulture headgear surmounted two long feathers; dorsal pillar with hieroglyphic text; repaired. 50 grams, 14 cm
Private collection Mr E. Saad, Cairo, Egypt-Montreux, Switzerland, 1970s. Ex private collection of Mr S.A., acquired from Mr Saad in 1997.
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Egyptian Brown Quartzite Baboon Animal Figurine
New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
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