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LOT 0505
Egyptian Wooden Furniture Finial
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (30 grams total, 13.5 cm including stand).
Square in section and leaf-shaped in profile, with a squat mounting peg; mounted on a custom-made Perspex 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 0505
Egyptian Wooden Furniture Finial
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Schist Cosmetic Mortar
Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty, 754-525 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Discoid palette with rounded underside and flat base, dished central field, flat rim with four radiating trapezoidal projections. 450 grams, 16.4 cm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00038135. -
Egyptian and Other Mixed Artefact Collection
2nd century B.C. and laterEstimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £275
Including faience, glass, marble, bronze, stucco, terracotta and wooden items such as a bangle, Byzantine trade weight, stylised coiled serpent, peg, beads, and others. 159 grams total, 3-75 mm
Ex Horatio and Patsy Melas, Alexandria, Egypt, acquired before 1967; thence by descent, moved to Switzerland and London. with Chiswick Auctions, London, UK, 11 May 2016, no.132. -
Egyptian Chalcedony Heart Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Carved with lateral lugs and surmounted by a suspension loop. 0.85 grams, 15 mm
Ex London collection, 1990s.
Ancient Egyptians viewed the heart (ib) as the seat of intelligence, emotions, behaviour, and memory. During the ‘Weighing of the Heart’ ceremony, it spoke for the deceased before Osiris and accounted for their actions. For this reason, Egyptians placed heart amulets on mummies to protect the organ and secure a favourable judgment.
