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LOT 0518
Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Panel
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
9 7/8 in. (157 grams, 25 cm).
Rectangular fragment with dowel and dowel holes, with a black bitumen-like varnish. [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 0518
Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Panel
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 500,000-250,000 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Expertly shaped through percussion flaking, creating zigzagging lateral edges, with a roughly ovate or teardrop form and a heavy, thick butt, tapering down to a distinct working edge. 363 grams, 12.5 cm
From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
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 Papyrus Fragments in Display Stand
Demotic, 300 B.C.-300 A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Irregular papyrus fragments with traces of Demotic and Greek script; mounted in a protective acrylic display. 80 grams total, 16 cm including stand
with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK. -
Large Egyptian Wooden Right Arm from Male Statuette
Old Kingdom, 2700-2200 B.C.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,150
Carved in acacia wood and preserved in its entirety, from an under-life-size male statuette; slender fingers forming a fist and originally holding a tool; attachment tenon at the inner shoulder. 160 grams, 27 cm
Natural traces of ageing. Intact.
Ex Galerie Cybele, Paris, acquired in 1999. with Binoche et Giquello auction, Paris, 20 March 2017, no.88. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13474-263055.
Separately manufactured arms did not need to touch the body's sides or be stabilised by bars. Thus, the figure, which presumably stood upright with one leg advanced, was given a freer and more lifelike appearance.
