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LOT 0463
Egyptian Painted Limestone Fragment from the Tomb of Pharaoh Seti I
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, 1290-1279 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (15.3 grams, 44 mm).
Colourful, almost rectangular section of a wall fragment, with a slightly dished face, low-relief moulding with pigment, and 'Belzonis T[om]b' written at the top; accompanied by an old collector's label suggesting the likely findspot and other details. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceWith a late 19th-early 20th century handwritten ticket attached.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The Italian explorer and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Belzoni uncovered the tomb of Seti I (KV 17) on October 16, 1817. This monumental tomb, with beautifully decorated walls, extended almost 140 metres underground through a series of descending corridors and chambers. In 1821, Belzoni opened a groundbreaking exhibition at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London, presenting a full-scale replica of the tomb. The paid public exhibition sparked massive 19th-century "Egyptomania" and introduced European audiences to ancient Egyptian art. Such was the renown of his discovery that it was often referred to as 'Belzoni's Tomb'.
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LOT 0463
Egyptian Painted Limestone Fragment from the Tomb of Pharaoh Seti I
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Terracotta Mould with Impression of the Cartouche of Pharaoh Tutankhamun
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1342-1323 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Ellipsoid in plan with an impressed cartouche for 'Tutankhamun, ruler of Hermonthis'. 6.5 grams, 29 mm
Acquired Caledonian market, November 1958, for 2 shillings and sixpence. 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.50.
Moulds like this were often used to produce faience ring bezels (cf. Seyfried, F. (ed.), In the Light of Amarna: 100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery, Berlin, 2012, p. 100, fig. 2, for an example of a similar mould and a faience ring bezel for Akhenaten). Hermonthis, also known as Armant, was called ı͗wnu-šmꜤw by the ancient Egyptians and regarded as the southern counterpart to the solar temple complex at Heliopolis. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Aakheperka
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1400 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The front portion of a tapering funerary cone with the flat circular end impressed with three complete and one partial column of hieroglyphic text, reading: 'The Osiris, weapons bearer of Thutmose I, Aakheperka, true of voice [before the great] god'. 413 grams, 93 mm
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980, when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Aakheperka's tomb remains unknown. -
Egyptian Mixed Scarab and Scaraboid Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising (from left to right, top to bottom): 1) a scarab with an oval border containing a goose, nefer(?), and a reed leaf; 2) a scarab with an oval border featuring a triple lotus flower motif at the top and bottom, with a middle row of floral bundles; 3) a scaraboid with a long oval border containing a cross pattern incorporating scrolls, coiled cords, and floral elements; 4) a scarab with an oval border featuring a hes-jar flanked by two cobras; 5) a scarab with a standing male figure holding a sceptre/mace and a flail, flanked by two highly stylised rearing cobras; 6) a plain scarab; 7) and a scarab with an oval border containing the name Amun-Re, a neb symbol, and a lotus flower. 13 grams total, 11-23 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
