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LOT 0709
Egyptian Scarab Group
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (2.86 grams total, 12-17 mm).
Comprising: a lapis lazuli scarab in a gold funda from a ring; a glazed composition bead with a high-relief sleeping monkey motif on the obverse with a figurative and hieroglyphic legend on the reverse. [2]
ProvenancePrivate collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 0709
Egyptian Scarab Group
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Blue Glazed Shabti of Payefadjer
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1070-945 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £275
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. -
Egyptian Amethyst Scarab with Gold Fitting
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Dark-coloured carved amethyst with incised segmentation and notching to the mouth, gold frame with loops to the ends to protect the mounting holes. 5.53 grams, 23 mm
Acquired from Derek Content, 21 February 1975. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original handwritten invoice from Derek Content, dated 21 February 1975. -
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace String
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of green- and blue-glazed disc and tubular beads, restrung. 8.03 grams, 60 cm
Excavated from Egypt in 1914. From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter.
