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LOT 0399
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Ovate Hand Axe from Thebes
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 40,000-35,000 B.P.
4 1/8 in. (385 grams, 10.4 cm).
Biconvex in profile with inked findspot to the butt: 'Desert West of Thebes 1912'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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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LOT 0399
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Ovate Hand Axe from Thebes
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Cartonnage Section with Eye and Wing
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-860 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Sub-rectangular in plan with irregular and fragmented edge; prepared plaster surface featuring a line-bordered column with four cursive hieroglyphs naming Behedet (bḥdt); a section of finely painted outstretched wing with feather detailing to lower edge in red and blue; below, a wedjat eye in black with red medial band; fabric back to reverse. 48 grams, 17 cm
Formerly from an old collection of a Wiltshire, UK, collector, acquired before 1980. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This fragment most likely originates from the lower chest section of a so-called anthropoid 'yellow coffin' from the Third Intermediate Period. The wing belongs to a protective deity; as Behedet is a name given to several locations (Edfu, Tell el-Balamun, and Lepidotonpolis) associated with Horus, it seems probable that the wing belongs to the falcon form of this god. -
Egyptian Terracotta Statuette Head of the God Harpocrates
Graeco-Roman Period, circa 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Boldly modelled facial features, wearing a tall lotus flower crown. 58.16 grams, 70 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
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.
