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LOT 0704
Egyptian Textile Fragment in Display Stand
COPTIC, CIRCA 6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (83 grams total, 16 cm including stand).
Open-structured fragment of a decorative garment ornament (likely a tabula or portion of clavus band); mounted in a protective acrylic display. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s.
From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.
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LOT 0704
Egyptian Textile Fragment in Display Stand
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Bronze Figure of the God Thoth
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Modelled in the round in advancing pose with ibis head and sun-disc headdress, loop to rear, lower legs absent, display stand; restored in the Institute of Archaeology laboratory. 32.8 grams total, 80 mm including stand
Acquired from Caledonian market, January 1960, for 4 shillings. 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.90. -
Large Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Flint Knife
Predynastic-Early Dynastic Period, Naqada II-2nd Dynasty, circa 3500-2686 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Large, expertly knapped bifacial tool with a distinct curved spine and relatively straight cutting edge, and an offset, integrated tang or handle section for hafting; the surface displays controlled flaking patterns typical of high-status ritual or funerary implements from this era. 99 grams, 19.8 cm
From the old English private collection of Mr P.D.R., acquired before 1980. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Classic Ficron Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, Acheulean, circa 200,000 B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £110
Classic bifacial, teardrop- or pear-shaped form, with a broad, rounded butt and tapering sides that terminate in a pointed tip. 399 grams, 16.5 cm
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.
