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LOT 0405
Egyptian Miniature Alabaster Vase
MIDDLE KINGDOM-SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 2000-1600 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (32.1 grams, 30 mm wide).
With piriform body and flared rim; with an old collector's record card detailing place of purchase and other details. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Puys-Aubert collection in Alexandria, acquired March 1963, for 10 shillings.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.101.
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LOT 0405
Egyptian Miniature Alabaster Vase
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of Djed-Bastet-Iuef-Ankh
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 13 | Current Bid: £130
Mummiform figure standing on a square plinth, wearing a long lappet wig, a false beard, and fine facial detailing, with crossed arms, the left hand holding a pick and the right a hoe, with the cord of a seed bag suspended from the bag; a plain dorsal pillar; the lower front bearing a vertical panel containing an impressed hieroglyphic text reading: 'The Osiris, Djed-Bastet-iuef-ankh, born to Iset-ir-dis'; mounted on a display stand. 99 grams total, 13.1 cm including stand
Acquired from Richardson, February 1965, for £2.00. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.112. -
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Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Minnakht
New Kingdom, mid-18th Dynasty, circa 1450-1350 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £80
Large portion of a tapering cone, with the circular flat end impressed with six columns of hieroglyphic text reading: 'The Osiris, wab-priest, lector-priest of Mut, Minnakht, wab-priest who goes ahead, god's father of Mut, Minnakht, scribe of the divine book(s) of Mut, Minnakht, the Osiris, scribe of the divine offerings of Mut, Minnakht, true of voice.' 323 grams, 10 cm
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Although Minnakht's tomb has yet to be identified in the Theban necropolis, his funerary cones have long been known. Some details of his career are known from a unique block statue in the Cairo Museum (inv. no. CG 624/JE 27585), which includes important funerary religious texts (El Gabry, D., Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 110, no. 1-2, 2024, pp. 131-149). -
Romano-Egyptian Plaster Mummy
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
D-shaped in section with mummy wrapping to the body, exposed face with curls of hair. 6.14 grams, 44 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
