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LOT 0632
Egyptian Miniature Blue Glazed Scarab Collection
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/4 in. (1.78 grams total, 8-9 mm).
Comprising: three scarabs, each with hieroglyphs on the underside; a scaraboid with two ankh motifs on the underside; and a bifacial ellipsoidal plaque with hieroglyphs on each face. [5]
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
Accompanied by the collector's original inked images.
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LOT 0632
Egyptian Miniature Blue Glazed Scarab Collection
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of Wennefer
New Kingdom, circa 1292-1069 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Upper half of a mummiform figure (feet missing), with a black-painted tripartite wig, crossed arms subtly modelled in relief, and hands holding hoes rendered in black; two globular water pots (?) on the back, with a bold black line beneath; a hieroglyphic text on the lower body, reading: 'The Osiris Wennefer'; mounted on a display stand. 61 grams total, 11 cm including stand
Acquired from the Egyptian 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.118.
Wennefer, a common name, particularly in the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period, which loosely translates as 'the perfect being', was also an epithet of Osiris. -
Egyptian Faience Triad Amulet with Nephthys, Horus, and Isis
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £365
The goddesses Nephthys and Isis flank the youthful Horus, each wearing a headdress composed of identifying hieroglyphs, and the group stands on a rectangular base; the plain back has a suspension loop on the reverse for use as an amulet. 4.25 grams, 28 mm
Ex Alfred Reinhart, Switzerland (1873-1935), Alexandria since 1896; inherited by Carl Leonhard Burckhardt, Basel (1902-1965) and Marianne Burckhardt-Reinhart (1905-1981), Egypt, until 1966, then in Switzerland. Thereafter, by descent to Rosmarin Cereghetti-Burckhardt (1929- 2022). Thence by family, Switzerland.
In a protective gesture, Isis, the mother of Horus, and Nephthys, his aunt, stand on either side of the divine child, each holding one of his hands. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Knife Blade Group from Thebes
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising five sender tongue-shaped in plan and triangular in section, each with an inked inscription reading 'W. Thebes 1912', 'West Themes 1912' or 'Thebes 1912'; with a handwritten label reading 'Scrapers on blades'. 81 grams total, 75-91 mm
Found Thebes, 1912 A.D. From the collection of A.D.Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
