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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)
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Egyptian Gold Ring with Faience Frog Amulet
Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, circa 1085-713 B.C.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Glazed composition discoid panel with high-relief frog motif, pierced; mounted on a finger ring of braided gold wire. 6.69 grams, 25.25 mm overall, 17.68 x 15.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)
Acquired from Derek Content, 13 February 1976. 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, 13 February 1976. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13454-259917. -
Egyptian Blue Glazed Shabti
30th Dynasty-Ptolemaic Period, 380-30 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Slender mummiform type standing on an integral plinth, wearing a lappet wig with crossed arms holding agricultural tools; plain, broad dorsal pillar; with an old collector's note: 'Ancient Egyptian Exceedingly fine statuette in beautiful blue glaze B.C. 700 A very choice & desirable specimen from Lord Grenfell's collection. Excavated at Thebes'; mounted on a custom-made stand with label on the underside: 'Egyptian B.C. 700 Lord Grenfell's Collection. Excavated at Thebes'. 28 grams, 10.8 cm (38 grams total, 12.6 cm high including stand)
Excavated Thebes, Egypt. Ex Lord Grenfell's (1896-1926) collection, UK. From the estate of a deceased Sussex private collector since the early 20th century. -
Egyptian Bone Fish Amulet
New Kingdom, circa 1400–1292 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Carved as a fish in profile with tail and fins, circular eye detail; chipped to the top. 2.5 grams, 39 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
