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LOT 0476
Egyptian Mosaic Glass Bead Group
15TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1/4 - 1 1/8 in. (40.2 grams total, 8-28 mm).
Comprising polychrome beads of various shapes and displaying a variety of decorative designs, including trails, 'eye' beads, 'millefiori' beads and others; some with iridescent surfaces. [22]
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century UK collection.
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LOT 0476
Egyptian Mosaic Glass Bead Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Carnelian Cobra Amulet
Third Intermediate Period, circa 900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Carved on a free-standing rectangular base; suspension loop to the serpent's back. 8.58 grams, 33 mm
Acquired prior to 2000 from a European collection. Canadian private collection of Mr A.K. of Montreal.
The sacred uraeus was a symbol of royalty, sovereignty and divine authority in ancient Egypt. -
Egyptian Faience Amulet Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising glazed amulets of various types, including scarabs, wedjat eyes, a sun disk and others; many pierced for suspension. 25.3 grams total, 10-36 mm
From the collection of H.N., Milton Keynes, 1980s-1990s. -
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Egyptian Mixed Bead Group
Circa 2nd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
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. 248 grams total, 4-33 mm
Fine condition.
Found Joppa, 1897. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. With an old dated label.
