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LOT 0604
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Religious Motifs
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 in. (3.53 grams, 19 mm).
Plano-convex in section, with a segmented upper face; the underside features an incuse design of a winged scarab, two perching Horus falcons, and a winged uraeus above, with a frieze of four cobras interspersed with three nefer signs below; supplied with an impression.
ProvenanceAcquired from Derek Content, 24 June 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 24 June 1975.
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LOT 0604
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Religious Motifs
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Coptic Tunic Tablion Textile Fragment with Image of a Servant
Circa 4th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a tablion in linen and wool, showing a figure of a man clad in tunica paragaudata inside a roundel, carrying hunting cages, lily flowers in each corner. 3.05 grams, 95 x 95 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The scene may depict a servant of some patrician engaged in hunting activities. Of particular note is the man's tunic, decorated with clavi, orbiculi, and segmenta. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile Fragment of a Pair of Segmenta
Circa 5th-6th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a double segmenta, in purple wool over linen, embroidered with interlaced vegetal motifs; mounted on linen backing. 82 grams total, fragment: 13 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
Among the many fragments of wool tunics, there are several segmenta, made to embroider the cuffs of the tunics. They are patterned with a profusion of small figures or interlaced abstract designs, especially plants, with a contrasting border filled with geometric motifs. -
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of Djed-Bastet-Iuef-Ankh
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mummiform figure standing on a square plinth, wearing a long lappet wig, a false beard, and fine facial detailing, with crossed arms, the left hand holding a pick and the right a hoe, with the cord of a seed bag suspended from the bag; a plain dorsal pillar; the lower front bearing a vertical panel containing an impressed hieroglyphic text reading: 'The Osiris, Djed-Bastet-iuef-ankh, born to Iset-ir-dis'; mounted on a display stand. 99 grams total, 13.1 cm including stand
Acquired from Richardson, February 1965, for £2.00. 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.112.
