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LOT 0496
Egyptian Speckled Black and White Breccia Polished Macehead
EARLY DYNASTIC, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
2 3/8 in., 3 in. (305 grams total, macehead: 61 mm wide, 74 mm including stand).
Biconvex in profile with central vertical socket; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in April 1963, for £36 shillings.
A present from John Kearne.
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.105.
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Prehistoric Egypt, London, 1920, pl. XXVI, no. 27, for a comparable example.
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LOT 0496
Egyptian Speckled Black and White Breccia Polished Macehead
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Heart Amulet
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Opening Bid: £50
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Property of a London, UK, gentleman, 1970-2000. -
Egyptian Cartonnage Pectoral Panel on Stand
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £800
Rectangular panel with bands of triangles, teardrops and other motifs in white, red, blue and pale green; winged scarab at the bottom, lower portion of a winged sun disc flanked by uraei to the top; mounted on a custom-made stand. 2.06 kg total, 31.4 cm wide including stand
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