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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)
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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The Egyptian flint hand axe, or biface, is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces. This tool holds the record for being the longest-used tool in human history. The technical term 'biface' comes from the archetypal model, generally a bifacial Lithic flake with an almond-shaped morphology. Hand axes typically have a pointed end and a rounded base, giving them their characteristic shape, and both faces have been knapped to remove the natural cortex, at least partially. -
Egyptian Faience Amuletic Plaque with Cartouche of Pharaoh Thutmose III
New Kingdom, circa 1400-1292 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Formed as a rectangular plaque with the cartouche of Thutmosis III and a uraeus; attachment loop to the top. 4.68 grams, 33 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
