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LOT 0456
Egyptian Mummy Schist Eye Inlay Collection
MIDDLE KINGDOM-LATE PERIOD, 2050-332 B.C.
8 1/4 in. (396 grams total, 21 cm high including stand).
Appliqués for the facial features of a mummy; with a wood and perspex stand. [5]
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century UK collection, 1930-1940.
LiteratureCf. inserts in the wooden coffin of Djedkhonsefankh in Taylor, J.H., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, London, 2001, item 172.
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LOT 0456
Egyptian Mummy Schist Eye Inlay Collection
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Banded Alabaster Alabastron
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With a tapering honey-coloured piriform body and rimmed mouth, incised circumferential line on the shoulder; accompanied by a display stand. 322 grams, 14 cm high including stand
Ex Charlie Chaplin collection. Private New York State collection, U.S.A. Acquired from a North American auction 27 October 2009. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by the original catalogue page. -
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Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Priest Statuette
Late Period, circa 664–332 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
The male figure of a kneeling supplicant with back pillar inscribed with hieroglyphic text: 'Neith gives life [to] ...'. 54 grams total, 76 mm including stand
Private collection S., Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, acquired in the first half of the 20th century. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00140657, dated 23 October 2018.
This figure was likely attached to a separately cast base and positioned kneeling before a larger figure of the goddess Neith. Such objects were donated to temples to secure the god or goddess's protection for the donor, represented by the kneeling figure. -
Large Egyptian Faience Djed Pillar Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Olive-green glazed composition amulet with ribbed panel, flared base; mounted on a custom-made stand. 78 grams total, 12.5 cm high including stand
Ex Phillipps collection, with old labels to verso. Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.
The djed pillar signifies the concepts of 'permanence' and 'stability' and was a common funerary amulet from the Old Kingdom onwards. It was first associated with the gods Ptah and Sokar, but later became a symbol of Osiris, representing the god's backbone. In this context, the djed pillar appears in Chapter 155 of the Book of the Dead, concerned with the resurrection of the deceased.
