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LOT 0494
Phoenician Faience Scaraboid with Patterns
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (0.9 grams, 15 mm).
Anatomical detailing on the body and symbols on the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s.
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Egyptian Carnelian Hair Ring Group
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £106
Each a penannular band with a barrel-shaped profile. 7.10 grams total, 17 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Bronze Figure of Isis and Horus
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Isis enthroned wearing a cow's horn headdress with a solar disc fronted by uraeus, suckling the infant Horus on her lap; Horus with a side-lock of youth. 73.4 grams, 68 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, Isis was the sister-wife of Osiris and the mother of the sky god Horus. She is associated with aspects of fertility and motherhood and is often depicted in various artworks seated in a nursing pose with her son Horus on her lap, as here. -
Egyptian Stone Head of a Man
Hyksos Period, circa 1648-1540 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A miniature male head with high eyebrows, large eyes, and protruding nose and mouth; traces of polychrome; inked collector's number '46' on the back; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 76 grams total, 92 mm including stand
Collection of Ambassador G.P., Nr.203, before 1965. with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
