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LOT 0485
Egyptian Mixed Bead Group
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (248 grams total, 4-33 mm).
Comprising various types, composition, sizes and colours, including: glass; calcite; steatite; shell; obsidian; peridot; carnelian; pink limestone; faience and rock crystal; some examples taking zoomorphic and axe forms; some held in perspex collector boxes with inked inventory numbers; accompanied by a handwritten collector's label reading 'glass beads from the tombs near Joppa. 1897' and a more recent note handwritten in the lid of one presentation box: '4 glass beads from 'the tombs near Joppa' now in Tel Aviv-Yafo in Israel, collected in 1897 when part of Ottoman Empire. Gift from Miss C. Rawdin 1982'; also a faience baboon amulet. [29, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Joppa, 1897.
The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
With an old dated label.
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Egyptian Bronze Mummiform Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-343 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Wearing a tall Atef crown with sun disc and uraeus, arms crossed at the chest, holding the royal crook and flail. 57 grams, 12.1 cm
Gifted by Herbert Parsons (1870-1940) to his grandson, James Gibson (1926-2013). Inherited by the vendor and her brother, from their grandfather James Gibson. -
Egyptian Gold Repousse Plaque with Gods
Circa 500 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
With a standing female (a goddess?) praising a falcon-headed god, both facing right; displayed in a membranous frame. 24 grams total, 70 x 70 mm including case
From a Spanish collection, formerly with a German dealership in the 1980s. -
Egyptian Bronze Seated Osiris with Inlaid Eyes
Circa 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-342 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
Modelled mummiform and seated with arms crossed at chest, holding crook and flail, wearing a false beard and plumed Atef crown with uraeus, cream-coloured inlay to eyes; mounted on a custom-made display base. 160 grams total, 15.3 cm including stand
large chip to outer surface layer to reverse.
Ex old English collection. Spanish collection, 1980s. Accompanied by a previous dealer's catalogue and price card (£2,500.00).
Osiris was the foremost of ancient Egyptian funerary deities and lord of the underworld. Many statuettes of the god were offered in temples dedicated in his name, but have also been discovered in other contexts including animal necropoleis and temples dedicated to other gods.
