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LOT 0403
Egyptian Pink Quartz Scarab
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (19.82 grams, 33 mm).
Carved with deep sides and carapace detailing to the upper face, pierced.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 0403
Egyptian Pink Quartz Scarab
Estimate £350 - 450€410 - 520 (for guidance only)$470 - 610 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Faience Mummy Beadwork Mask
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £676
A netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads depicting a mummy face mask with a false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, and beneath the 'Four Sons of Horus’, Hapy, Imsety, Qebehsenuef, and Duamutef, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular examples; restrung with some later beads. 145 grams, 32 cm
Mariaud de Serres, Paris, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the deceased's internal organs. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines. These internal organs were often placed in canopic jars with the head of the respective Son of Horus. -
Coptic Terracotta Clay Mould
6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Discoid receptacle with a military saint in Roman armour (Saint Menas), with muscular cuirass and pteryges, arms open in the manner of the orans pose, animals (camels?) on his side. 198 grams, 89 mm
Maurice Bouvier, Alexandrie, prior 1959. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The majority of the terracotta ampullae come from Egypt and bear representations of St. Menas or Mennas, an Egyptian Christian officer decapitated during the persecutions of Diocletian's time. The legend relates that the saint's body was placed upon a camel which was let loose to follow what course it chose; in the place where the camel stopped, some miles from Alexandria, a grave and a shrine were subsequently built. In allusion to this legend, St. Menas is often represented as standing between two camels, though the animals are often of so fantastic a form as to be very difficult to recognise. -
Egyptian Faience Bead Bracelet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A restrung group of annular beads in shades of blue and white; mainly faience, but some possibly shell. 2.01 grams, 17.8 cm long
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
