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LOT 0481
Egyptian Millefiori Glass Bead Group
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (10 grams total, 12-15 mm).
Three spherical glass beads decorated with geometric millefiori patterns. [3]
ProvenanceCollected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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Egyptian Faience Shabti and Amulet Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Two mummiform shabti figurines, one faded pale green and the other bright turquoise; one amuletic figurine, possibly of a ram or baboon-headed deity with sun disk headdress, applied black pigment detailing. 20 grams total, 41-65 mm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
Shabti figures were created to carry out heavy manual tasks on behalf of a person in the afterlife. From the Third Intermediate Period into the Late Period burials were often provided with several hundred shabtis. -
Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus with Falcon Mummy
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-31 B.C.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
Two-part wooden (sycamore?) falcon-headed mummiform coffin carved from a single piece of wood, with a tripartite wig and human ears, painted detailing to the eyes, and broad decorative collar; the whole covered with black paint with traces of yellow decoration and inscriptions; inside a mummified falcon wrapped in linen strips. 2.3 kg, 49.5 cm
Ex R. Liechti (1934-2010) Geneva, Switzerland, formed between 1950-1990s. Accompanied by a copy of an old collection inventory note. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12074-218220.
This falcon-headed coffin once contained a so-called 'corn mummy' - a mummiform effigy impregnated with grain, which germinated. Such 'corn mummies' were associated with Osirian regeneration, fertility, and rebirth concepts. The falcon-headed coffin was associated with the powerful funerary deity Sokar-Osiris or Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. It seems that the original contents of this coffin were either lost or discarded and replaced with a mummified bird (falcon?). Interestingly, the most significant number of falcon-headed coffins come from Tuna el-Gebel, the site of an extensive animal mummy necropolis. -
Egyptian Alabaster Kohl Pot
Middle Kingdom, circa 2035-1665 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Barrel-shaped with broad flat rim; with later hieroglyphic inscription to the lid. 115 grams, 47 mm high with lid
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection since the late 1990s.
