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LOT 0446
Egyptian Turquoise Blue Glazed Faience Shabti Ten-ankhet
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, CIRCA 1077-943 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (74.17 grams, 96 mm).
Squat mummiform body wearing a lappet wig encircled at the top by a sash band, with crossed arms and hands holding black-painted hoes, a seed bag across the mid-back, and a column of black-painted hieroglyphic text on the lower body reading: 'The Osiris, Ten-ankhet, true of voice.' [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 0446
Egyptian Turquoise Blue Glazed Faience Shabti Ten-ankhet
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Graeco-Egyptian Terracotta Head of a Lady
Hellenistic Period, circa 2nd century B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Moulded in the half-round with fine facial detailing. 35.4 grams, 62 mm
Acquired 21st March 1965. 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.109. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Aakheperka
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1400 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The front portion of a tapering funerary cone with the flat circular end impressed with three complete and one partial column of hieroglyphic text, reading: 'The Osiris, weapons bearer of Thutmose I, Aakheperka, true of voice [before the great] god'. 413 grams, 93 mm
Acquired 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.
Aakheperka's tomb remains unknown. -
Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment of a Tunic Tablion with Pegasus
Circa 7th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
In natural wool in shades of light brown, yellow, green, blue, and red with S-twist yarn, depicting the figure of Pegasus within a central medallion, surrounded by geometric and vegetal motifs; borders ornamented with meanders. 1.3 grams, 10.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The tabula, or tablion, was a square embroidery used to decorate tunics or mantles. The central figure is a rare representation of the winged horse Pegasus, a motif derived from Greek mythology, showing that classical iconography was still alive among the Christian Graeco-Roman people.
