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LOT 0652
Egyptian Steatite Scarab Collection
MOSTLY LATE MIDDLE KINGDOM, SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1780-1500 B.C.
1/2 - 1 1/8 in. (32.6 grams total, 15-28 mm).
Mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids, including: stylised foliate motif with a sa sign; central entwined cords with curled tops and tails, and nefer signs; a falcon with outspread wings and sun disc above, surmounting a fallen enemy; a group of hieroglyphs: a central mes flanked by reed leaves, with a water sign n above, and a neb sign below; a falcon with outspread wings, with two maat feathers and stylised cobras above; a central hes vase flanked by rearing cobras. [7]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 0652
Egyptian Steatite Scarab Collection
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Large Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Curved Saw Blade from Thebes
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 9 | Current Bid: £95
Large ripple-flaked blade with a curving, serrated cutting edge. 80.5 grams, 17 cm
Found Thebes. From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958); his collection of flints for the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Ovate Hand Axe from Thebes
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 40,000-35,000 B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Biconvex in profile with inked findspot to the butt: 'Desert West of Thebes 1912'. 385 grams, 10.4 cm
Found in the desert west of Thebes, Egypt, 1912. Acquired from Sotheby's, 16 June 1959 (part), £4.10. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten identification card written by Peter Clayton. -
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Egyptian Carnelian Bead and Poppy Amulet Necklace
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. and laterEstimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Poppy-head amulet necklace restrung with later spherical beads. 21.9 grams, 45 cm long
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
