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LOT 0491
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of User(amun)
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1479-1425 B.C.
4 3/8 in. (596 grams, 11.2 cm).
Large portion of the tapering cone with the circular flat end bearing the impressed stamp, with three horizontal groups of hieroglyphs reading: 'Hereditary prince, count chancellor of the king of Lower Egypt, sole companion, overseer of the city, vizier, User(amun), true of voice'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Cf. Davies, N. de G. & Laming Macadam F., A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, Oxford, 1957, no. 355, for the cone type.
FootnotesThe impressively lofty titles listed on this cone identify the owner as Useramun, here shortened to User. He owned two tombs in the Theban necropolis: one, it seems, for his family (TT 61) and the other for himself (TT 131).
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LOT 0491
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of User(amun)
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Large Egyptian Blue Faience Taweret Vessel
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Composite animal figure with a hippopotamus's head and body, a crocodile's tail, and a human torso with arms, topped with a finely striated tripartite wig; the right hand, positioned beneath the left nipple, encloses a drilled hole connecting to the hollow body; a hole at the top of the head; mounted on a custom-made stand. 160 grams total, 17.3 cm including stand
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Egyptian Terracotta Mould with Impression of the Cartouche of Pharaoh Ramesses II
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1237-1235 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £240
Oblate type with an impressed cartouche recording the sixth Heb-Sed (jubilee) of Ramesses II. 27.4 grams, 46 mm
Acquired 7th February 1962. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.85.
By the time of Ramesses II, the royal Heb-Sed festival was already about two thousand years old. He celebrated his first Heb-Sed in his 30th year and his sixth in his 45th year. -
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Egyptian Libation Vessel in the Form of a Squatting Woman
3rd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Formed as a naked pregnant woman in a squatting position, with sagging breasts and a strongly bulging belly; pubis clearly visible between the legs, which are spread wide apart; eyes and mouth perforated to serve as a spout; filling hole at the back of the head; left foot partly absent. 161 grams, 10 cm
Hans Jurgen Döpp (1940), Frankfurt. From The Erotica Collection of Christian von Faber-Castell, Küsnacht ZH, Switzerland; acquired from Bernd Gackstätter, Antikenkabinett Frankfurt.
