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LOT 2463
Egyptian Style Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 - 9 5/8 in. (610 grams total, 6.2-24.5 cm).
Comprising: a large stone scarab with five lines of hieroglyphic text, a seated Bastet figurine, a carved Bes figurine, and a large wooden figurine wearing a bag wig and a broad collar, with five vertical lines of hieroglyphic text on the lower body. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 2463
Egyptian Style Artefact Group
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Reproduction Terracotta Artefact Group
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including conical mountain model, squat oil lamp and other items. 1.3 kg total, 8 - 15 cm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Grand Tour Terracotta Oil Lamp
Circa 19th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Small lamp with a nude figure on the discus. 40.12 grams, 82 mm
From an important German collection, 1970s onwards. -
Post Medieval Gold and Enamel Supporters’ Medal of Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden
German, circa 1631 A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £1,150
Pendant medal with a three-quarter portrait bust of Gustavus II Adolphus wearing royal dress and a laurel crown, enclosed within a laurel border, the reverse decorated in black champlevé enamel and inscribed: 'ADOLPHUS GUSTAVUS, GOTT MIT UNS' meaning 'Adolphus Gustavus, God with us'; a baroque pearl suspended from a loop beneath the medal, with a suspension bail above. 4.32 grams, 37 mm
Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.
The pendant belonged to the supporters’ jewellery associated with the Swedish king’s campaigns during the Thirty Years’ War.
