Egyptian Red Quartzite Granite Hieroglyphic Fragment

Including turquoise, white, and cream scarabs with segmented carapaces and lateral leg detailing, hieroglyphs and symbols on the underside, and one slender cowroid bearing a stylised depiction of Bes. 9.27 grams total, 14-20 mm



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Comprising: a tapestry fragment (part of a pillow?) decorated with red bands and alternating figures of cups in green, red, blue, purple and yellow wool on linen; a large fragment of a segmentum from a tunic in coarse wool, consisting of a central medallion with a bird in red, yellow, light blue and yellow colour, with the borders decorate with meanders, tapestry, S-swift; a large portion of a tapestry with a central medallion ornamented with animals (lion, fish, birds) surrounded on the outside by dancing human figures and birds, one side circumscribed by a red stripe with vegetal ornaments, in red, blue-purple and yellow wool. 27 grams total, 15-22 cm



Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.

Large fragments of Coptic textiles display figures associated with the Dionysian retinue (lions, birds); however, they may date to the early period of the Islamic conquest, when tunic ornamentation began to take on an increasingly abstract and geometric character, preserving only stylised traces of the ancient Pagan symbology.

Squat mummiform type with face framed by a tripartite wig, hands modelled in relief, holding agricultural tools applied in paint; seed-bag at the back; central vertical hieroglyphic inscription on the lower front reading: 'The Osiris, wab-(priest), lector-(priest), Payefadjer (pꜢy.f-Ꜥḏr), true of voice'. 93 grams, 96 mm



Ex Ms E.C.(1923-2014), Israel. Inherited by her son D.L., Switzerland.