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LOT 0623
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment of a Clavus with Nilotic Ornament
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 in. (88 grams total, 26 cm).
Comprising a large segmentum in linen and wool, purple wool on linen, S-torsion, borders with dentilled decoration, floral and vegetal embroidery divided into three running strips; mounted on linen backing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. Del Francia Barocas, L., Museo dell'Alto Medioevo, Roma, I materiali Copti, p.98, for similar textile.
FootnotesThis embroidery was typical of tunics and garments characterised by full-length clavi, decorated with either intricate geometric patterns or with a multitude of small figures and animals, often edged with geometric borders and finished with thick, weft-loop fringes or cords.
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LOT 0623
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment of a Clavus with Nilotic Ornament
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Piriform in plan with a narrow butt. 58.3 grams, 86 mm
Found at Fayum North. 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. -
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New Kingdom-Late Period, circa 1100-500 B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £365
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Vulture representations are among the oldest amulet types, found in burials dating to the late Third millennium B.C. They provide apotropaic protection for the deceased. The vulture is associated with various Egyptian deities, especially with the goddess Nekhbet. Sokar, the hawk-god originally of the Memphite necropolis and deity of fertility and artisans, became closely linked with Osiris and Ptah, forming the syncretic deity Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. -
Egyptian Rock Crystal Dummy Vessel
Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, circa 2500-2200 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Model amphora with a piriform body, a long, flaring, trumpet-like neck and rim, and a shallow depression at the top. 55 grams, 59 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.13231-249997.
This was one of the model vessels in a set associated with the 'Opening of the Mouth' ritual, which revived the deceased.
