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LOT 0606
Egypto-Phoenician Haematite Scaraboid Seal
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (8.35 grams, 21 mm).
The upper side is modelled as a scarab with a stylised head, prothorax, elytra, and legs; the underside bearing a rampant lion and a statant winged gryphon.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.3095.WW.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate no.12715-234628.
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LOT 0606
Egypto-Phoenician Haematite Scaraboid Seal
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£950 (EUR 1,102; USD 1,283) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Canopic Chest Fragment with Cobras
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £25
Rectangular panel bearing a frieze depicting a series of rearing cobras wearing sun-disc headdresses. 176 grams, 27 cm
Ex E.B.W. Chappelow collection, January 1958. 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.10.
Friezes of rearing cobras at the top of canopic chests served as guardian figures, protecting the visceral containers within. Arguably, the most famous canopic chest, decorated with a frieze of rearing cobras, is the gilded one of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. -
Egyptian Artefact Collection
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £33
Comprising a standing figure of Sekhmet, featuring a plain dorsal pillar with an integral suspension hole, lower legs missing; two hawk-headed Qebehsenuef, Sons of Horus amulets; steatite scarab with base decorated with a cartouche of Thutmose III and a Bes figure flanked by wadj signs 18.01 grams total, 16-53 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Egyptian Polished Diorite Hammerstone
Early Dynastic Period, circa 3,000 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular in plan with rounded edges; with a handwritten label reading 'Polished diorite hammerstone. Egyptian, early Dynastic, c. 3000 BC'. 248 grams, 55 mm wide
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.
