Loading, please wait...
LOT 0719
Egyptian Mummy Bead Winged Scarab and Four Sons of Horus
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (24.2 grams, 10.5 cm).
Comprising a beaded winged scarab with the Four Sons of Horus beneath.
ProvenanceEx Art Shop Windsor, 1990s.
From a private UK collection.
Winged scarabs were often used as funerary amulets and were believed to symbolise the deceased's rebirth and regeneration. The Four Sons of Horus were deities who safeguarded the deceased's internal organs. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef the intestines.
CONDITIONTimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 0719
Egyptian Mummy Bead Winged Scarab and Four Sons of Horus
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
-
Egyptian Canopic Chest Fragment with Cobras
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular panel bearing a frieze depicting a series of rearing cobras wearing sun-disc headdresses. 176 grams, 27 cm
Ex E.B.W. Chappelow collection, January 1958. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.10.
Friezes of rearing cobras at the top of canopic chests served as guardian figures, protecting the visceral containers within. Arguably, the most famous canopic chest, decorated with a frieze of rearing cobras, is the gilded one of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. -
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Views of Alexandria
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 88 from Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. entitled 1. Vue du port neuf en mer du cote du nord. 2. Vue du port vieux prise en rade du cote du sud-ouest. 259 grams, 104.5 x 69 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). -
Phoenician Terracotta Head Group
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: head with moulded facial features, rectangular flange above the brow, stub neck; similar with domed brow. 20.7 grams total, 30-33 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
