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LOT 0472
Egyptian Terracotta Frog Type Lamp
ROMAN PERIOD, 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (107 grams, 83 mm).
Displaying palm branches; possible letter W incised to base.
ProvenanceFrom a German collection.
Ex Cambridge, UK, collection, 1980s.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1856,0816.5, for similar.
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LOT 0472
Egyptian Terracotta Frog Type Lamp
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Faience Bes Amulet
Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Standing on a roughly oval base with hands on thighs, grotesque facial features; suspension loop to head. 1.31 grams, 26 mm
From an early 20th century Home Counties, UK, collection.
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Egyptian Wooden Animal-Headed Furniture Leg
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Representing the head, chest and split forelegs of a lion with ochre-tan surface and applied black detailing; ledge to the reverse and socket to accept a mounting peg or mortice; mounted on a custom-made stand. 260 grams, 33 cm high (529 grams total, 35.5 cm high including stand)
Fine condition.
Swiss collection prior to late 1990s. Private London collection since 1999. -
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Restrung; a netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, the 'Four Sons of Horus’ beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads. 67 grams, 24 cm high
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