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LOT 0442
Egyptian Red Quartzite Granite Fragment with Part of Cartouche
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, AMARNA PERIOD, 1379-1362 B.C.
2 1/4 in. (70 grams, 58 mm).
Dressed stone fragment with a vertical border and the lower portion of a cartouche with rope bands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in April 1980.
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.146.
After Akhenaten's reign, his monuments and statuary were systematically smashed. As a result, most evidence of the Amarna period's sculptural and architectural output survives only in fragments (for examples of stone fragments from statues and other objects recovered from Akhenaten's capital city, Akhetaten, see Seyfried, F. (ed.), In the Light of Amarna: 100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery, Berlin, 2012, pp. 164-169; 230-231; 390-391).
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LOT 0442
Egyptian Red Quartzite Granite Fragment with Part of Cartouche
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Limestone Block from a Tomb with Cartouche of Queen Nefertiti
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, 1353-1332 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular block with a dressed face, preserving most of a low-relief cartouche containing Nefertiti's name, 'Neferneferu[aten] Nefertiti'. 1.13 kg, 11.2 cm
Acquired in March 1977. 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.129. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13493-262901. -
Early Phoenician Alabaster Vase
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,667
With bulbous body, broad flared neck, flange rim, dimple to underside of base. 769 grams, 13.1 cm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; by descent to the current owner. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13222-249180.
Jars like this vase certainly were part of the funerary equipment and destined to contain makeup, unguents and oils. The vase can find a good parallel with a similar specimen in the Egyptian Museum of Turin, belonging to the outfit of the 18th Dynasty princess Nbw-m-tḫ, probably a daughter of Amenhotep III. -
Egyptian Textile Fragment in Display Stand
Coptic, circa 6th-8th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Open-structured fragment of a decorative garment ornament (likely a tabula or portion of clavus band); mounted in a protective acrylic display. 83 grams total, 16 cm including stand
with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.
