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LOT 0531
Egyptian Steatite and Faience Scarab Group
MAINLY SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD–NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1660-1069 B.C.
1/2 - 3/4 in. (10.6 grams total, 13-19 mm).
Designs include: a tripartite design with ankh, water, nwb, and men signs, with indistinct cartouches possibly of Thutmose III, and signs spelling the phrase 'powerful is the justice of Re' (user-Maat-Re); a line border enclosing the stylised depiction of a striding figure grasping a crocodile, with a neb sign below; a line border enclosing a multitude of signs, including Thutmose III’s throne name (men-kheper-Re), and that of Amun; a line border enclosing central Hathoric sistrum; a line border enclosing a symmetrical motif in contrasting black glaze. [5]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the early 2000s.
With Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
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LOT 0531
Egyptian Steatite and Faience Scarab Group
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 87; USD 101) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Faience Mummy Beads and Cat Amulet
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising tubular, ribbed and annular beads, offered with the top part of a cat amulet. 8.4 grams total, 3-24 mm
From a mid 20th century London, UK, collection. -
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Qebehsenuef Attachment
Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Highly stylised head of the falcon god Qebehsenuef, one of the Four Sons of Horus, with incised feather decoration to the front, flat-backed, with two holes for attachment. 5.45 grams, 25 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
This amulet was likely attached to a visceral package or sewn onto mummy bandages. Qebehsenuef protected the intestines. -
Egyptian Stone Amulet Collection
New Kingdom-Late Period, circa 1100-500 B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £365
Comprising: a feldspar amulet of the crouching god Sokar with falcon head and human body, custom-made display stand; a carved vulture amulet on a rectangular base; suspension loop on the back. 19.5 grmas total, 28-41 mm
Sokar: Ex Roger Liechti (1934-2010), Petit-Lancy, Switzerland (inv.no. E.601); acquired from Galerie Elsa-Bloch Diener, Bern. Thence by family descent. Vulture: Ex Roger Liechti (1934-2010), Petit-Lancy, Switzerland (inv.no. E. 772); acquired in 1984 from Mr Cohen, Galerie La Reine Margot, Paris. Thence by family descent, Switzerland.
Vulture representations are among the oldest amulet types, found in burials dating to the late Third millennium B.C. They provide apotropaic protection for the deceased. The vulture is associated with various Egyptian deities, especially with the goddess Nekhbet. Sokar, the hawk-god originally of the Memphite necropolis and deity of fertility and artisans, became closely linked with Osiris and Ptah, forming the syncretic deity Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.
