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LOT 0026
Egyptian Yellow and Black Serpentine Hieroglyphic Shabti
25TH-26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 650-525 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (455 grams total, 13.3 cm including stand).
Fragment of a mummiform shabti wearing a heavy tripartite wig, with crossed hands on the chest holding faintly incised agricultural implements; four lightly incised horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text on the lower body; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
FootnotesHardstone shabtis appear in the burials of certain high officials in the late 25th and early 26th Dynasties, after which faience became the predominant material for all shabti statuettes.
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LOT 0026
Egyptian Yellow and Black Serpentine Hieroglyphic Shabti
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Egypto-Phoenician Period Haematite Scarab with Winged Figure
700-500 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Schematic scarab body with a scene on the underside of an advancing winged figure. 6.52 grams, 17 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Large Egyptian Black Stone Heart Scarab Fragment
New Kingdom, 1580-1077 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £25
Upper half modelled as a scarab beetle with midlegs and hindlegs, and plain elytra separated from the prothorax by double border lines; the underside bearing five lines of hieroglyphic inscription. 70 grams, 45 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The hieroglyphic text presents the final part of Chapter 30b of the Book of the Dead, a spell designed to prevent the deceased's heart from betraying them during the Weighing of the Heart judgment before Osiris. -
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Head of the Goddess Hathor from a Sistrum
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 600-700 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Bifacial bust of Hathor, depicted as a woman's head with cow ears, wearing a heavy wig with curled lappet ends and uraei on either side, mounted on a custom-made stand. 18.7 grams total, 49 mm including stand
Acquired from Caledonian market, 16th March 1962, for 5 shillings. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.92.
This carefully modelled fragment is undoubtedly from a sistrum, a musical instrument often played during Hathoric rituals and festivals.
