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LOT 0419
Graeco-Egyptian Terracotta Head of a Lady
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (35.4 grams, 62 mm).
Moulded in the half-round with fine facial detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 21st March 1965.
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.109.
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LOT 0419
Graeco-Egyptian Terracotta Head of a Lady
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Faience Grape Amulet
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, 1353-1336 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Plano-convex in section with integral loop to each end. 0.26 grams, 16 mm
From a mid 20th century collection. -
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Qebehsenuef Attachment
Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Highly stylised head of the falcon god Qebehsenuef, one of the Four Sons of Horus, with incised feather decoration to the front, flat-backed, with two holes for attachment. 5.45 grams, 25 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
This amulet was likely attached to a visceral package or sewn onto mummy bandages. Qebehsenuef protected the intestines. -
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Egyptian Gold Sekhmet Statuette
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
Figure of the lioness-headed goddess standing on a rectangular plinth, wearing a striated lappet wig with uraeus and an ankle-length, tight-fitting dress, her right arm extended down her side and her left hand holding a wedjat-eye symbol against her chest; a suspension loop behind her head. 5.31 grams, 28 mm
From the collection of a UK gentleman, London, UK, by descent from his family collection 1970s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13544-263324.
The wedjat-eye and lioness are potent, often intertwined symbols in ancient Egyptian mythology. The wedjat, representing Horus’s healed eye, signifies protection and healing, while the lioness—linked to the goddesses Sekhmet and Wadjet—embodies power and fierce defence as the “Eye of Ra”. Together, in amulets and in Egyptian art, they convey healing, protection, and strength.
