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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 Painted Clay Shabti in Daily Dress
New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty, circa 1292-1069 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shabti wearing the kilted dress of daily life, painted white, a blue-black lappet wig, arms crossed, and hands holding hoes, applied in red pigment; the face yellow; a yellow panel of hieroglyphic text on and beneath the kilt reading: 'The illuminated one, the Osiris, Wen....'; feet missing; mounted on a display stand. 119 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand
Acquired from the Egypt Exploration Society, 30th June 1965, for 2 shillings and sixpence. 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.115. -
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment of a Segmentum with Eagles and Other Birds
Circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment of a large segmentum in linen and wool, embroidered with rows of eagles and other birds, the borders with geometric decorations. 8 grams, 19 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The segment is realised in the tapestry technique. They were part of the decoration of a tunic, and the presence of the Imperial eagle, not a common pattern, could refer to a military tunic. -
Egyptian Serpentine Statuette of a Seated Couple
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, 1290-1279 B.C.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £8,200
Depicting a husband and wife seated side-by-side on chairs, each with an arm around the spouse's waist as a sign of intimacy; both wearing richly pleated robes, the man sporting a duplex wig and earrings, the woman with a longer wig with tassel ends, both composed of long rows of tight curls; the back slab with low-relief depictions of a standing man and woman facing each other, with traces of a hieroglyphic inscription; the surface slightly worn and abraded in places; reassembled from two parts. 3.89 kg, 24.5 cm
From the estate of the artist Margo Veillon (1907-2003), Lausanne, Switzerland.
The statuette is delicately sculpted and of high quality. The fine facial features of the official, the individual strands of the wigs and the pleats of the robes exhibit exquisite craftsmanship. Remarkably, the reverse of the sculpture is decorated with a fragmentarily preserved scene, most likely of the couple, with traces of inscription.
