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LOT 0522
Egyptian Limestone Pair of Eyes and Ears
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
8 1/2 in. (234 grams total, 21.5 cm wide including stand).
A pair of narrow, almond-shaped eyes with elegantly curved, slightly set-off lids; the eyeballs are slightly convex; the reverse is smoothed; the tip and part of the surface of one earlobe are missing; traces of black paint and a reddish-yellow colour (paint or iron oxide deposits); originally served as inlays for a coffin mask.
ProvenanceIsraeli art market, 2015, from Mr I.H., a licensed art dealer from Jerusalem.
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LOT 0522
Egyptian Limestone Pair of Eyes and Ears
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Stone Scarab
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
With incised anatomical detailing on the body, the underside ground smooth, with a faint trace of an original horizontal suspension hole. 3.28 grams, 20 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
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Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Harpocrates
3rd century B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,100
Votive statuette with youthful locks and a uraeus on his forehead; wearing the heart amulet around his neck; depicted nude, holding his finger to his mouth, a gesture identifying him as a child god; feet resting on a plinth. 281 grams, 10.7 cm high
Ex Tschudi Carlin, circa 1920. with Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, Young Collectors Auction, 2015, no.147. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13472-263066.
Harpocrates is the Greek equivalent of the Egyptian name Hor-pa-khered, which means ‘Horus the Child’. This name refers to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris. Wearing an amulet of Harpocrates was believed to provide the same protection that Isis granted to her beloved son. Larger bronze statuettes were probably votive offerings to Harpocrates, intended to secure his favour and protection. -
Egyptian Limestone Sculptor's Model
Ptolemaic Period, 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
Plano-convex in section, with the carved front portion of a nemes headdress with an uraeus mounted on a custom-made stand. 948 grams total, 20.5 cm high including stand
Ex Roger Liechti (1934-2010), Petit-Lancy, Switzerland; acquired in 1982 from Galerie Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Geneva. Thence by descent within the family, Switzerland.
