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LOT 0430
Phoenician Blue Glazed Faience Scaraboid with Winged Beast and Tree
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (1.5 grams, 15 mm).
Anatomical detailing on the body, underside with a standing quadruped with open wings and curving tail, tree before. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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LOT 0430
Phoenician Blue Glazed Faience Scaraboid with Winged Beast and Tree
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Phoenician Bronze Seal Pendant
Late 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Formed as a ribbed lop with short neck, ellipsoid plaque with incuse saltire and pellets. 16.35 grams, 27 mm wide
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Mut Suckling Khonsu with Winged Sekhmet on the Back
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-735 B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Modelled in the round, formed as the goddess standing before a high-backed throne, cradling the head of a standing naked child to her chest; the goddess with tiered double-crown and tripartite wig; throne with low-relief figure of the lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet to the rear with spread wings forming the arms of the chair. 22.6 grams, 60 mm
Jean Phillip Mariaud De Serres, Paris, France, 1992. Private collection, London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13274-254069.
Mut was a prominent mother goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, associated with creation, motherhood, and the sky. She was the consort of the god Amun and the mother of Khonsu, forming the Theban triad with them in Thebes. Mut's name ("mother" in ancient Egyptian) reflects her role as a divine mother and patroness of motherhood. Sekhmet was revered as a powerful and fierce protector. Her presence was believed to ward off evil and safeguard the people from harm. In ancient Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet was also a manifestation of Hathor, another powerful birth goddess. -
Egyptian Blue Faience Cup
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Conical in profile with a wide base and a shallow, hollow interior. 56.8 grams, 56 mm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
