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LOT 0456
Egypto-Phoenician Faience Amulet Group
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C. AND LATER
5/8 - 1 1/8in. (18.74 grams total, 15-30 mm).
Comprising flat discs with perforations and a trussed duck with its head laid along its spine. [8]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Amulet of Nephthys
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Depicting the goddess Nephthys wearing the two hieroglyphic parts of her name (Neb(et)-Hut), with dorsal pillar and base. 2.62 grams, 37 mm
with Bizhan Soumekh, 14 September 1981. Private collection, London, UK. -
Egyptian Carnelian Hair Ring Group
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Each a penannular band with a barrel-shaped profile. 7.10 grams total, 17 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphics
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Mummiform shabti wearing a tripartite wig, with arms crossed and holding a pick and hoe, seed bag suspended over the shoulder; horizontal band to the waist and vertical column to the legs, each with an impressed hieroglyphic inscription. 80 grams, 13.5 cm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the early 1980s; thence by descent.
