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LOT 0455
Egyptian Painted Limestone Fragment of a Wedjat Eye
26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
3 3/8 in. (139 grams total, fragment: 86 mm wide).
Irregular limestone fragment with a finely incised wedjat motif; traces of blue and coral-pink pigment; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 0455
Egyptian Painted Limestone Fragment of a Wedjat Eye
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Green Stone Baboon Statuette
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £825
Carved in the round as an amuletic baboon figure with a lunar crescent-and-disc headdress and a ribbed suspension loop behind the head. 6.21 grams, 33 mm
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13180-249315.
Amulets depicting the squatting baboon wearing the lunar headdress can represent either Thoth or Khonsu. -
Egyptian Painted Terracotta Bowl
Predynastic-Protodynastic Period, circa 3900-3200 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £25
Squat in profile with everted rim to the mouth, two lateral pierced lugs; old collector's handwritten card 'Ancient Egyptian remarkably fine & early two-handled bowl of exceedingly rare style, having a ring decoration in red. B.C. 1800. A valuable and perfect specimen from the Myers Collection'. 271 grams, 10.3 cm wide
From the private collection of Major William Joseph Myers (1858-1899). From the estate of a deceased Sussex private collector since the early 20th century. Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated academic report by Simone Musso. Accompanied by an old original handwritten information card.
The painted decoration imitates the veining of a hardstone such as basalt or breccia. -
Egyptian Steatite and Faience Scarab Group
Mainly Second Intermediate Period–New Kingdom, circa 1660-1069 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Designs include: a tripartite design with ankh, water, nwb, and men signs, with indistinct cartouches possibly of Thutmose III, and signs spelling the phrase 'powerful is the justice of Re' (user-Maat-Re); a line border enclosing the stylised depiction of a striding figure grasping a crocodile, with a neb sign below; a line border enclosing a multitude of signs, including Thutmose III’s throne name (men-kheper-Re), and that of Amun; a line border enclosing central Hathoric sistrum; a line border enclosing a symmetrical motif in contrasting black glaze. 10.6 grams total, 13-19 mm
Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s. With Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
