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LOT 0601
Phoenician Glass Amuletic Bead Group
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 5/8 in. (5.32 grams total, 14-16 mm).
Including a grotesque mask, a squatting figure and a scorpion. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0601
Phoenician Glass Amuletic Bead Group
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Terracotta Mould for a Pomegranate Amulet
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, 1379-1362 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular mould with incuse pomegranate motif on one side; with old collector's record card detailing findspot, place of purchase and other details. 3.22 grams, 21 mm
Acquired April 1980. 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.149. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment of a Clavus with Nilotic Ornament
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a large segmentum in linen and wool, purple wool on linen, S-torsion, borders with dentilled decoration, floral and vegetal embroidery divided into three running strips; mounted on linen backing. 88 grams total, 26 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
This embroidery was typical of tunics and garments characterised by full-length clavi, decorated with either intricate geometric patterns or with a multitude of small figures and animals, often edged with geometric borders and finished with thick, weft-loop fringes or cords. -
Egyptian Coptic Tunic Textile Fragment with Bust of a Man
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A tablion in purple and red wool on linen, showing a male figure inside a medallion, four circlets on the corners. 3.41 grams, 82 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The tabula, or tablion, was a square embroidery used to decorate tunics or mantles. Such images, depicting black warriors or hunters, are possibly related to the Dionysiac cortege or to Nilotic iconography.
