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LOT 0041
Egyptian Stone Frog Amulet
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
2 in. (62.3 grams, 52 mm).
Modelled in the round as a crouching frog.
ProvenanceEx Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1881.0614.137.
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LOT 0041
Egyptian Stone Frog Amulet
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Banded Alabaster Alabastron
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
With a tapering honey-coloured piriform body and rimmed mouth, incised circumferential line on the shoulder; accompanied by a display stand. 322 grams, 14 cm high including stand
Ex Charlie Chaplin collection. Private New York State collection, U.S.A. Acquired from a North American auction 27 October 2009. Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK. Accompanied by the original catalogue page. -
Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpocrates Figure
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With feet resting on a rectangular base, forefinger on the lips, prominent sidelock of youth. 30.7 grams, 68 mm
Ex Brigantia, York, UK, item no.12040. Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.
Harpocrates is the Greek rendering of the Egyptian Hor-pa-khered, which translates as 'Horus the Child'. This refers to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris. Wearing the amulet of Harpocrates could provide the wearer with the same protection that Isis gave to her beloved son. -
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Egyptian Painted Wooden Model of a Cow Giving Birth, Together with Two Figures
Middle Kingdom, 11th-12th Dynasty, 2023-1862 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Composed of three figures: a standing cow or other quadruped giving birth to its young, its head, neck and forelegs emerging from the mother's rear, both with a black and white speckled coat; a standing male figure with articulated arms and pierced hands, wearing a kilt and cropped wig and with stylised facial detailing; a kneeling figure also with articulated arms, open-palm hands, wearing a kilt and cropped wig, stylised facial features; extensive remains of polychrome pigment. 111 grams total, 9.5-16 cm
From an early 20th century Home Counties collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11597-199209.
Such models would have been deposited in tombs; the purpose of such a scene was probably to evoke the season of spring, when calves were born, and the floodplain where farmers lived and raised their livestock.
