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LOT 0646
Egyptian Stone Scarab
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 in. (3.28 grams, 20 mm).
With incised anatomical detailing on the body, the underside ground smooth, with a faint trace of an original horizontal suspension hole. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 0646
Egyptian Stone Scarab
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragments of Orbiculi with Vegetation, Animals and Geometric Ornament
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Featuring four medallions (orbiculi) in red, green, yellow, and dark blue wool, three decorated with floral and geometric motifs, the fourth featuring an eaglet figure with a meander border; tapestry weave, S-twist. 11.07 grams total, 6.3-10.7 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The orbiculi are realised in the tapestry technique. They were part of the decoration of a tunic, and the presence of the Imperial eagle, which is not a common pattern, could be related to a military tunic or to a tunic of an Imperial functionary. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Tool and Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a tanged arrowhead, three leaf-shaped tools, a tongue-shaped with a fading inked inscription, one triangular-shaped with knapped edge. 97 grams total, 45-98 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. -
Phoenician Bronze Oval Seal Pendant with Lion
Late 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Ellipsoid plaque with folded lateral arms and ribbed suspension loop above; the underside decorated with a depiction of a lion attacking a man or animal. 22 grams, 36 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
