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LOT 0489
Large Egyptian Painted Bowl Fragments
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, AMARNA PERIOD, 1379-1362 B.C.
3 1/4 - 5 1/4 in. (300 grams total, 8.3-13.2 cm).
Three substantial fragments from blue-painted vessels, two with stylised floral motifs and one with a fragment of figurative decoration. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired circa 1979.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
The distinctive blue colour on these pottery fragments derives from a cobalt-and-aluminium slip that reacts during firing. The designs could incorporate floral, geometric, and figurative motifs (for an illustrated discussion of the technical production of blue-painted pottery, see Seyfried, F. (ed.), In the Light of Amarna: 100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery, Berlin, 2012, pp. 132-135.
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LOT 0489
Large Egyptian Painted Bowl Fragments
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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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. -
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Religious Motifs
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Plano-convex in section, with a segmented upper face; the underside features an incuse design of a winged scarab, two perching Horus falcons, and a winged uraeus above, with a frieze of four cobras interspersed with three nefer signs below; supplied with an impression. 3.53 grams, 19 mm
Acquired from Derek Content, 24 June 1975. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original handwritten invoice from Derek Content, dated 24 June 1975. -
Egyptian and Phoenician Stone Scarab Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids, with hieroglyphs and symbols to the underside. 12.08 grams total, 16-19 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
