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LOT 0465
Egyptian Multi-Stranded Mummy Bead Necklace
LATE PERIOD, 664-525 B.C.
29 1/8 in. (26 grams, 74 cm long).
A restrung faience mummy bead necklace comprising multiple strands of polychrome beads including annular and tubular types. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1979.
From the private collection of Mr F. A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014.
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Egyptian Harpocrates Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
A composition amulet fragment of the god Harpocrates, modelled nude, with stylised facial features and the Sidelock of Youth; light blue-green glaze with darker glaze to his hair and the lower part of the hem-hemet crown; pierced lug to reverse of crown for suspension. 6.72 grams, 51 mm high
Acquired 1980s-1990s. H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK. -
Egyptian Cartonnage Foot Covering with Anubis
Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period, 305 B.C.-323 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £826
A polychrome painted cartonnage foot-case from a cartonnage mummy with two stylised bare feet to the upper face, each with a ankle panel with the god Anubis in jackal form with a flail over the shoulder, framed by geometric borders which continue around the perimeter of the foot cover; soles of polychrome chequered sandals to base. 295 grams, 25 cm wide
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
Foot-cases like this were part of group of cartonnage adornments for a mummy, which usually comprised a mask, broad collar, stomach cover, leg section, and foot-case. For a complete set found on a mummy from Abydos see Scott III, G.D., Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, Yale, 1986, pp.160-161. -
Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Text
7th-1st century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
A glazed composition shabti with square base and plain dorsal pillar, tripartite wig and false beard, arms folded across the chest holding agricultural tools and a seed bag to the left shoulder; nine horizontal bands of worn hieroglyphic text from Chapter Six of the Book of the Dead to the lower body. 212 grams, 19.5 cm high
Acquired early 1990s. Ex private American collection; thence by descent. Private Swiss collection since 1998.
