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LOT 0556
Egyptian Miniature Terracotta Offering Bowl
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (28.2 grams, 59 mm wide).
With flat base and internal marks from potter's wheel.
ProvenanceEx Jean-Alain Mariaud de Serres, Paris.
with François de Ricqlès Auction, Paris, 22 April 2001, no.872.
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LOT 0556
Egyptian Miniature Terracotta Offering Bowl
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£45 (EUR 52; USD 61) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Amenemheb.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1444-1400 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £80
Part of a tapering cone, with the circular flat end impressed with two columns of hieroglyphic text reading: 'Deputy of the great army, Amenemheb'. 333 grams, 90 mm
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.
Amenemheb's tomb in the Theban necropolis at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna is numbered TT 85. Amenemhab (also known as Mahu), was an important military official who served under pharaohs Thutmose III and Amenhotep II. -
Egyptian Faience Earrings on Modern Mounts
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Each composed of two groups of faience disc beads separated by a longer tubular bead with a modern gold wire fitting. 0.85 grams total, 43 mm each
Ex Ancient Art shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. -
Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Amphora Handle with Stamp of Hermeros
Roman Period, 1st century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Cream-coloured ceramic vessel fragment with rolled rim and ribbed strap handle; stamped at the apex with 'I EP' monogram, reading 'I EP[ΜΕΡΟΣ] = Hermeros. 272 grams, 14.2 cm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The commercial stamp could report the name of an important Romano-Egyptian businessman, Hermeros, son of Athenion, attested at Koptos in A.D. 57. He describes himself as a merchant (εμπορος), originating from Adana (Arabia) and selling wine.
