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LOT 0525
Egyptian Silver Poppy Amulet Pair
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (2.04 grams total, 17-18 mm).
Each a bulbous poppy-head with a loop at the apex. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx mid 19th century collection.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.65 (n).
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LOT 0525
Egyptian Silver Poppy Amulet Pair
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Gold Bead Amulet
Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-900 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed as a poppy seed with flaring terminals. 0.95 grams, 9 mm
Ex early 20th century French collection. -
Egyptian Artefact Collection
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £33
Comprising a standing figure of Sekhmet, featuring a plain dorsal pillar with an integral suspension hole, lower legs missing; two hawk-headed Qebehsenuef, Sons of Horus amulets; steatite scarab with base decorated with a cartouche of Thutmose III and a Bes figure flanked by wadj signs 18.01 grams total, 16-53 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
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Very Large Egypto-Phoenician Alabaster Alabastron with Hieroglyphic Inscription
Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, circa 1077-525 B.C.Estimate: £12,000 - 17,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,000
Crafted from banded calcite or alabaster, the vessel is characterised by a barrel-shaped profile, broad shoulders, a short, flared neck, a rounded base, and two lateral loop handles near the shoulders, with a localised row of incised hieroglyphs around the upper shoulder, naming a priest of Amun, Nespakhashuty, and a partially preserved filiation that may be restored as Djed[djehuty-]iu-[ef-]ankh. 420 grams, 37 cm
Formerly in a private collection, Beirut, Lebanon, 1990s. Swiss private collection, acquired from Mr H., Geneva, 2010. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00059830 This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13221-249178.
Nespakhashuty and Djed-djehuty-iu-ef-ankh are names associated with a powerful family dynasty from the late New Kingdom to the end of the Third Intermediate Period. The vessel’s style supports a Third Intermediate Period dating, as it compares with a similarly large example inscribed with the cartouches of the 22nd Dynasty pharaoh Osorkon I (Montet, P., Les constructions et le tombeau d’Osorkon II à Tanis, Paris, 1947, p. 82, pl. XLVI). In the Phoenician necropolises of Andalusia, the deceased's ashes were enclosed in luxurious alabaster urns of Egyptian manufacture. At Almuñécar, for example, some urns in the Phoenician necropolis preserved inscriptions and emblems of various Egyptian pharaohs, who ruled the Nile region between the 16th and 8th centuries B.C. Alabaster vessels of this type, originally containing fine wines, have been discovered, albeit in smaller numbers, in the royal palaces of Assur and Samaria in the East, as part of war booty or gifts exchanged between royal houses.
