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LOT 0001
Egyptian Wooden Face Mask
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
10 7/8 in. (509 grams, 27.5 cm).
With carved and painted facial details, fixed to a wooden board with pegs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Egyptian Coptic Wood Female Figure
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Carved in the round, standing and with a bobbed hairstyle with ribbed bands and crest, extended hands covering stomach and pudenda; on a rectangular base; repaired. 72 grams, 19.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile
Circa 5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Composed of a medallion (orbiculus) decorated with geometric interlaced patterns on a purple background, framed by a minute recurring spiral, surrounded by an external circle. 149 grams, 36.5 x 36.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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Egyptian Faience Hieroglyphic Scarab Group
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1650 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Comprising: three in blue-turquoise with hieroglyphs to the underside; two similar, olive green with cartouche of Thutmose III to the underside. 8.54 grams total, 12-17 mm
From a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.
