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LOT 0626
Phoenician Terracotta Head Group
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (28.5 grams total, 33-34 mm).
One mould formed with shoulder-length hair and puffy features; the other hollow to the reverse. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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LOT 0626
Phoenician Terracotta Head Group
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Stone Scarab
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Scaphoid plaque with a ribbed dome on the obverse and a flared mouth at the socket; underside with incuse hieroglyphs and symbols, including a scarab flanked by two nefer signs, an S-scroll, a standing vulture, and others; supplied with an impression. 1.22 grams, 18 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Egyptian Bronze Hippopotamus Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. or laterEstimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Modelled in the round on a rectangular base with a dorsal loop. 20.5 grams, 26 mm
Ex mid 19th century London, UK, collection.
Metal hippopotamus amulets are comparatively rare compared with faience and stone examples. A gold hippopotamus amulet of similar size was discovered in Tomb W 643 at Meroe, Sudan, and is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (inv. no. 23.380). Egyptian art depicted the Nile hippopotamus in Old, Middle, and New Kingdom limestone reliefs, as well as in faience, stone, and metal statuettes. Egyptians both admired and feared them: powerful and unpredictable, hippos attack when threatened. Their fearsome reputation made them potent apotropaic amulets, giving the wearer power over evil and chaotic forces. -
Large Egyptian Coptic Male Textile Tunic Embroided with Segmenta, Clavi, and Orbiculi with Human Figures
Circa 7th-9th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Complete tunic patterned with a large tapestry-woven neck panel in red and green wool, with three descending clavi divided into three pendant terminals, the inside ornamented with geometric patterns; the red wool used as twining to outline the edge of the neck and the clavi; two small orbiculi visible on the shoulders in dark blue wool, two other orbiculi applied on the thighs, on both sides of the tunic, two of them decorated with a warrior dwarf holding a shield in green, red and yellow wool; the short sleeves ornamented with four stripes (loroi) in dark red, dark blue, blue-purple and green wool; lateral red clavi running along the sides; the sides and the sleeves finished with short fringes of twisted loops. 1.03 kg total including paper folder, 102 x 76 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
