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LOT 0668
Egyptian Steatite Statuette of a Boy
ALEXANDRIA, 3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (4 in.) (67.4 grams total, 5 cm, 10 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round figure of a child crouching holding a bird close to his chest; socket to each ear; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx Herbert A.Cahn, Basle, 1960s.
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LOT 0668
Egyptian Steatite Statuette of a Boy
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£135 (EUR 157; USD 182) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Pecked Flint Hammerstone
Predynastic-Early Dynastic Period, circa 5,000-3,000 B.C.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Fashioned from a dense flint nodule, retaining part of its original rough cortex. 140 grams, 48 mm
From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from 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 Faience Earrings on Modern Mounts
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Each composed of two groups of faience disc beads separated by a longer tubular bead with a modern gold wire fitting. 0.85 grams total, 43 mm each
Ex Ancient Art shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. -
Egyptian Terracotta Head of a Roman Lady
Hellenistic Period, circa 3rd-2nd century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Depicting the cloth-wrapped head of a lady, mounted on a wooden stand. 40.9 grams total, 51 mm including stand
Acquired from High Street, Herne Bay, circa June 1957, for £1.00. Certificate of antiquity no.668 of Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo. 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.11.
This head comes from a draped female figure, known as the Tanagra-type, often wearing elegant himations (cloaks) and wide-brimmed hats (tholia), or holding accessories such as fans, wreaths, and mirrors.
