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LOT 0414
Phoenician Faience and Stone Bead Necklace String
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
17 1/4 in. (39 grams, 44 cm long).
Restrung designer group of melon, spherical and other beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
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With pale blue surface and applied black detailing to hair, seed-bag and tools; faint hieroglyphs to lower body giving the dedication 'The Osiris, Djed-Bastet-iuef-ankh'. 18.9 grams, 80 mm
From a UK collection in the 1990s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Egyptian Bronze Eye Inlay
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Comprising a bronze frame with a delicately modelled tear duct, inset with a white hardstone scalera and a large black glass pupil. 33 grams, 62 mm
Ex AB collection, 1920s-1930s. Accompanied by an old collection ticket.
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Egyptian Hardstone Architectural Amulet
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Opening Bid: £125
Carved haematite representation of a carpenter's or stonemason's set-square. 3.15 grams, 24 mm
with Hotel des Ventes, Drouot, Paris, France. From the collection of Mr H. Naudy, Paris, France. Acquired at between 2004-2010. Property of a French collector.
The L-shaped carpenter's or stonemason's square was used to measure right angles. Amulets of this tool symbolised integrity, moral uprightness, emotional equilibrium, and balance.
