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LOT 0444
Phoenician Marvered Glass Amphoriskos
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/4 in. (404 grams total, 18.5 cm including stand).
Elegantly proportioned vessel with marvered trails to the body, neck and mouth; handles absent; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Arte Primitivo, New York City, U.S.A., circa 2010.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
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Egyptian Relief with List of Offerings
Late Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, 2495-2181 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £18,200
A section of tomb wall with a central register of eight rectangular panels each containing hieroglyphs naming offerings for the deceased; the top and bottom groups of eight rectangular panels each contain a depiction of a kneeling offering-bearer; all carved in high-relief; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 40 kg total, 74 cm wide
North American gallery, 1981-1990s. with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, France, 1st December 2007, lot 384. London collection, 2016. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11942-209839. -
Egyptian Memphis Triad Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Rectangular plaque with ledge to the lower edge, ribbed loop above, the half-round figures of the goddesses Nephthys and Isis wearing their characteristic headdresses flank the figure of the young Horus wearing the sidelock of youth. 9.1 grams, 37 mm high
From an early Home Counties, UK, collection, 1930-1940. Ex London, UK, collection.
The deities of this triad are the protagonists associated with the myth of Osiris. -
Egyptian Wooden Model Boat with Oarsmen
Middle Kingdom, late 11th-early 12th Dynasty, 2010-1961 B.C.Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £8,000
Comprising a cream-coloured crescent-shaped boat manned by a crew of seven oarsmen, each with a short black wig, their bodies painted in reddish-brown and wearing cream-coloured kilts; all with pivoting arms and with hands drilled to accept oars (now missing); an outline around the boat's deck and a net pattern at the prow and stern in red; a portion of an inward slanting stern post remains, with traces of another at the prow; the oarsmen re-affixed. 1.3 kg total, 41.5 cm wide
Acquired in the 1960s. From the collection of the late Egyptologist Surgeon Commander P.H.K. Gray RN. From a Surrey, UK, collection. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11943-209563.
Models of various boat types were sometimes provided for the same burial. For the different types see Winlock, H.E., Models of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt from the Tomb of Meket-Re' at Thebes, Cambridge MA, 1955, pp.92-103.