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LOT 0442
Large Egyptian Faience Heart Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (7.66 grams, 30 mm).
Modelled in the round with a piriform body and two lateral projections with striations. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx N. Thomas private collection, UK, 1980s-1990s.
Accompanied by a previous dealer's sales ticket.
See Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl.I, nos.7a-p, for type.
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LOT 0442
Large Egyptian Faience Heart Amulet
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 Multiple Eye of Horus Amulet
New Kingdom-Late Period, 1550-332 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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From an early 20th century UK collection. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance. -
Egyptian Faience Hierogyphic Shabti
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £40
With moulded facial features, tripartite wig, agricultural tools in the crossed hands and a seed-bag to the left shoulder; dorsal pillar; vertical panel to lower body with impressed hieroglyphic inscription: 'The illuminated one, the Osiris, the Controller of the Estates.... (sḥḏ wsı͗r ḫrp-ḥwwt....); lower legs absent. 56.3 grams, 95 mm
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Egyptian Mixed Loose Faience Bead Group
Late-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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Ex early 20th century collection, London, UK.
