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LOT 0018
Egyptian Pale Blue Faience Shabti for Padiosiris
LATE PERIOD, 664-525 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (98.6 grams, 14.5 cm including stand).
Finely modelled face with false beard and tripartite wig; hands holding the pick and the hoe; a seed bag over the left shoulder; plain back pillar; a T-shape arrangement of hieroglyphic text to the front: sḥḏ wsir sm n mnw pꜢ-di wsir(?) ms s(sic) r.t-ir.t-Ꜣst-n-wr.t mꜢʾ ḫrw ‘The illuminated, the Osiris, Sem-(priest ) of Min, God’s Servant, Pa-di-Osiris, born (to) Ret-iret-Isis-en-weret true of voice’; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1990s.
Acquired from St James's Ancient Art, London SW1, circa 2019.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
Accompanied by a St James's Ancient Art certificate of authenticity.
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LOT 0018
Egyptian Pale Blue Faience Shabti for Padiosiris
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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Egyptian Amulet Collection
New Kingdom-Late Period, 1550-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Comprising: white rectangular bead with Tilapia fish in high-relief and two cobras flanking a hem ideogram; turquoise frog on heater-shaped base with serpent to the underside; green scaraboid with wedjat to the carapace, Hathor sistrum with cow's horns to the underside; green ram-headed scaraboid with hieroglyphs to the underside; green cylinder with scarab motif; green wedjat with a cartouche of Thutmose III to the reverse; green rectangular bead with djed pillar flanked by ostrich feathers and incuse hieroglyphs to the reverse. 14.3 grams total, 14-27 mm
Two amulets with Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge, UK, 3 October 2000, lot 385 [Part]. Private Swiss collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11593-198956. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. -
Egyptian Multi-Stranded Mummy Bead Necklace Collection
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Comprising three restrung composition necklaces, each composed of multiple strands of polychrome beads of mainly annular and tubular types. 75 grams total, 68-76 cm long
Acquired before 1979. From the private collection of Mr F. A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014.
Red and yellow faience were among the new colours appeared in the XVIIIth Dynasty, but they were in use until the Late Period. It was ideally formed from a core of sand and quartz and a vitreous alkaline glaze. It was the preferred medium of Egyptian jewellers even before the Fist Dynasty, because of its malleability and its ability to imitate other more expensive materials thanks to the colour of the glaze. -
Egyptian Silver Signet Ring
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With a round-section hoop, the wide bezel encrusted but with decoration beneath. 7.11 grams, 26.03 mm overall, 18.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)
Collected from 1969-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
