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LOT 0575
Phoenician Terracotta Head Group
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (20.7 grams total, 30-33 mm).
Comprising: head with moulded facial features, rectangular flange above the brow, stub neck; similar with domed brow. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0575
Phoenician Terracotta Head 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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Framed Oil Painting on Canvas of a Temple at Thebes by Dimitri Gnedko
1993 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Showing the inside of the temple with papyrus-topped columns, elaborate polychrome decoration visible on the ceiling; in the foreground, a woman dressed in blue robes, set in a gilt frame, old collector's notes on the reverse. 2.7 kg, 69 x 53.5 cm
From the private collection of a Knightsbridge gentleman. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Minnakht
New Kingdom, mid-18th Dynasty, circa 1450-1350 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large portion of a tapering cone, with the circular flat end impressed with six columns of hieroglyphic text reading: 'The Osiris, wab-priest, lector-priest of Mut, Minnakht, wab-priest who goes ahead, god's father of Mut, Minnakht, scribe of the divine book(s) of Mut, Minnakht, the Osiris, scribe of the divine offerings of Mut, Minnakht, true of voice.' 323 grams, 10 cm
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Although Minnakht's tomb has yet to be identified in the Theban necropolis, his funerary cones have long been known. Some details of his career are known from a unique block statue in the Cairo Museum (inv. no. CG 624/JE 27585), which includes important funerary religious texts (El Gabry, D., Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 110, no. 1-2, 2024, pp. 131-149). -
Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice
New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, 1315-945 B.C.Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
The lotiform cup modelled as an open lotus flower with incised petal detailing to the outer face, short stem and flared foot; some restoration. 205 grams, 12.1 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12937-243177.
Faience chalices shaped like the flowers of the white lotus (Nymphaea albicans) first appeared in the 18th Dynasty and are believed to be drinking vessels.
