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LOT 0409
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Knife Blade Group from Thebes
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 11,000-5,200 B.P.
3 - 3 5/8 in. (81 grams total, 75-91 mm).
Comprising five sender tongue-shaped in plan and triangular in section, each with an inked inscription reading 'W. Thebes 1912', 'West Themes 1912' or 'Thebes 1912'; with a handwritten label reading 'Scrapers on blades'. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Thebes, 1912 A.D.
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.
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LOT 0409
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Knife Blade Group from Thebes
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Glass Eye Inlays
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Almond-shaped with large black irises and white sclerae. 4.12 grams total, 27-29 mm
Acquired on the UK art market, 1977-1979. Private collection, London.
Egyptian coffin eye inlays were both decorative and symbolic, designed to make the coffin appear more lifelike and to assist the deceased in the afterlife. Typically, they featured a white sclera (glass, travertine, alabaster, or quartz), a dark iris (glass or, more often, obsidian), and sometimes red paint at the inner corner. The eyes were often set in bronze or copper frames, occasionally with faience or bronze eyebrows. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment of a Tablion with Animals
Circa 4th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
In purple wool and coarse linen, S-torsion, embroidered with an image of a horse and a flying putto, the borders decorated with meanders; mounted on linen backing. 54 grams total, 14 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The tabula, or tablion, was a square embroidery decorating tunics and mantles. These fabrics were of great decorative finesse, displaying an unusual and extremely well-preserved colour palette. The animal design recalls Iranian motifs, while the flying putto combines Dionysiac and Christian figurative elements. -
Egyptian Multi-Coloured Glass Inlay Collection
Ptolemaic-Roman Period, 332 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Mixed group of polychrome inlay strips in various sizes. 29 grams total, 8-39 mm
Ex Japanese gallery, 1970s. From a London gallery collection, 2000s.
