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LOT 0491
Egyptian Round-Bottomed Terracotta Vessel
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2040-1782 B.C. OR LATER
4 5/8 in. (173 grams, 11.8 cm high).
With a bulbous shoulder, everted rim and U-shaped foot; accompanied by an acrylic display base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx North Yorkshire deceased estate, 1990s.
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Egyptian Mixed Bead Group
Circa 2nd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising various types, composition, sizes and colours, including: glass; calcite; steatite; shell; obsidian; peridot; carnelian; pink limestone; faience and rock crystal; some examples taking zoomorphic and axe forms; some held in perspex collector boxes with inked inventory numbers; accompanied by a handwritten collector's label reading 'glass beads from the tombs near Joppa. 1897' and a more recent note handwritten in the lid of one presentation box: '4 glass beads from 'the tombs near Joppa' now in Tel Aviv-Yafo in Israel, collected in 1897 when part of Ottoman Empire. Gift from Miss C. Rawdin 1982'; also a faience baboon amulet. 248 grams total, 4-33 mm
Fine condition.
Found Joppa, 1897. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. With an old dated label. -
Large Egyptian Glazed Hieroglyphic Shabti
Late Period, 30th Dynasty, 380-343 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Modelled mummiform, arms crossed over the chest holding crook and flail, with a blank pillar to reverse; hieroglyphs to the front of the body; remains of glaze; mounted on a wooden display base; repaired. 191 grams total, 17 cm high including stand
Gifted by Herbert Parsons (1870-1940) to his grandson, James Gibson (1926-2013). Inherited by the vendor and her brother, from their grandfather James Gibson.
