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LOT 0595
Framed Oil Painting on Canvas of a Temple at Thebes by Dimitri Gnedko
1993 A.D.
27 1/4 x 21 in. (2.7 kg, 69 x 53.5 cm).
Showing the inside of the temple with papyrus-topped columns, elaborate polychrome decoration visible on the ceiling; in the foreground, a woman dressed in blue robes, set in a gilt frame, old collector's notes on the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Knightsbridge gentleman.
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LOT 0595
Framed Oil Painting on Canvas of a Temple at Thebes by Dimitri Gnedko
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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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. -
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment with Segmenta Decorated with Crosses
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a long element from a tunic, possibly a sleeve from a child’s garment, in brown wool with a red edge, a pair of segmenta at both sides in purple and yellow, ornamented with crosses inside lozenges and spirals. 27 grams, 30.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
This decorative part of a tunic is possibly a part of the sleeve of a child's garment, and the crosses reiterate the fact that these fabrics were produced in a by then heavily Christianised Roman Empire. -
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Egyptian Carnelian Bead and Poppy Amulet Necklace
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. and laterEstimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Poppy-head amulet necklace restrung with later spherical beads. 21.9 grams, 45 cm long
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
