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LOT 0464
Large Egyptian Faience Eye of Horus Amulet
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.
2 in. (16.5 grams, 50.4 mm).
Sizeable wedjat-eye amulet with applied black detailing to the pupil and brow.
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.46b, for a similarly black-highlighted wedjat-eye amulet.
FootnotesThe wedjat-eye amulet symbolises the healed eye of the god Horus, representing both human and falcon elements. The name wedjat in ancient Egyptian means ‘the one that is sound.’ According to Egyptian mythology, Horus' eye was wounded or taken by the god Seth and later restored by Thoth. The wedjat-eye amulet was believed to protect its wearer and confer qualities of recovery and regeneration. It was highly popular and was used by both the living and the dead.
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LOT 0464
Large Egyptian Faience Eye of Horus Amulet
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Early Phoenician Alabaster Vase
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
With bulbous body, broad flared neck, flange rim, dimple to underside of base. 769 grams, 13.1 cm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; by descent to the current owner. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13222-249180. -
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of a View of Alexandria
Early 19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 98 from Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. entitled Vue de l'Esplanade ou Grande Place du port neuf et de l'Enceinte des Arabes, Seconde partie. 233 grams, 105 x 66.5 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). -
Egyptian Stone Age Hollow-base Arrowhead
Neolithic Period, 4500-3600 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £163
A bifacial flint arrowhead with a pronounced hollow-base form. 2.55 grams, 35.6 mm
From the late collection of a Cornish couple, formed from the early 1990s.
Many hollow-base flint arrowheads were uncovered during excavations at Neolithic sites in Egypt, such as the Fayum region (cf. British Museum EA58736) and Merimde Beni Salama in the Delta (cf. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology UC10909).
