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LOT 0681
Egyptian Wooden Bread Model on 19th Century Base
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
3 1/8 in. (55 grams, 80 mm high including stand).
Carved model of a 'conical loaf; mounted on a later Chinese-style stand. [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 0681
Egyptian Wooden Bread Model on 19th Century Base
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Egyptian Assorted Faience and Other Beads in Early 20th Century Tin Box
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising mostly glazed tubular, globular, barrel and other beads, in a vintage red cigarette box with an old label 'The Alma Cigarettes Company, Ltd., Boulak Square Cairo'. 87 grams total including tin, 1-18 mm
Excavated from Egypt in 1914. From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter. -
Egyptian Clay Shabti Group
New Kingdom-Late Period, circa 13th-4th century B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a crude, red clay mummiform figure with minimal shaping, and a mould-formed figure with a lappet wig and crossed arms holding agricultural implements, with white pigment on the surface. 80 grams total, 9.3-12.7 cm
with 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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Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Figure of a King
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £25,000 - 35,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £13,000
A solid cast statuette modelled in the round as a kneeling pharaoh wearing a thigh-length shendyt kilt, a broad collar and a nemes headdress adorned with a uraeus to the brow; with open hands positioned as though they once held an object, palms facing inward; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.62 kg total, 16.7 cm high including stand
Private collection, E.M. (1880-1954), since the 1930s. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13196-249244.
The figure's overall appearance, particularly the muscular upper body, resembles two kneeling bronze figures – Brooklyn Museum 71.11 and Pennsylvania Museum E.13004 – both bearing the cartouche of 26th Dynasty pharaoh Necho II (610-595 BC). Unlike the varied poses of kneeling stone statues, those in bronze consistently rest on their knees and toes, with heels positioned under their buttocks. Figures with this hand gesture are often thought to have originally held an offering vessel or ritual object. However, none of the existing examples shows signs of having held an object. Instead, the gesture may symbolise both giving and receiving, representing veneration, offering, and a plea for protection to a particular deity.
