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LOT 0716
Large Egyptian Faience Lioness Head Amuletic Bead
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.
7/8 in. (2.5 grams, 21 mm).
Blue-glazed faience amuletic bead modelled as a lioness's head, pierced vertically through the nostrils with two holes.
ProvenanceFrom a mid 20th century collection.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 65, fig. 70a, for an example in the British Museum.
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LOT 0716
Large Egyptian Faience Lioness Head Amuletic Bead
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 87; USD 101) +BP*
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Large Egyptian Black Stone Heart Scarab Fragment
New Kingdom, 1580-1077 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Upper half modelled as a scarab beetle with midlegs and hindlegs, and plain elytra separated from the prothorax by double border lines; the underside bearing five lines of hieroglyphic inscription. 70 grams, 45 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The hieroglyphic text presents the final part of Chapter 30b of the Book of the Dead, a spell designed to prevent the deceased's heart from betraying them during the Weighing of the Heart judgment before Osiris. -
Egyptian Multi-Coloured Glass Inlay Collection
Ptolemaic-Roman Period, 332 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Mixed group of polychrome inlay strips in various sizes. 29 grams total, 8-39 mm
Ex Japanese gallery, 1970s. From a London gallery collection, 2000s. -
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Shabti of the Osiris Ankhes-en-Mut
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 980-935 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Upper section of a mummiform shabti wearing a lappet wig, with arms crossed and hands holding agricultural implements, and a black-painted seed bag on the back; hieroglyphic panel on the lower body reading: 'The Osiris, Ankhes-en-Mut…'; mounted on a display stand. 101 grams total, 11.3 cm including stand
Acquired from the Egyptian Exploration Society, 30th June 1965, for 2 shillings and sixpence. 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.116.
It is possible that this shabti belongs to the same individual as another shabti in the Archaeological Museum, Krakow (Schlögl, H.A., Corpus der ägyptischen Totenfiguren der öffentlichen Sammlungen Krakaus, Krakow, 2000,p. 195, no. 16).
