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LOT 0449
Phoenician White Steatite Cowroid Amulet
SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1600 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.67 grams, 19 mm).
Oval body with domed upper face and piecrust rim, underside with a cartouche containing the signs neb-ka-raand flanked by stylised cobra and falcon signs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Ben-Tor, D., Scarabs, Chronology, and Interconnections: Egypt and Palestine in the Second Intermediate Period, Fribourg/Göttingen, 2007, pl. 36, no. 11, for a scarab with a similar design format.
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LOT 0449
Phoenician White Steatite Cowroid Amulet
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Mixed Scarab Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C. and laterEstimate: £550 - 750 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £285
Stone plaque with raised relief depictions of the Apis bull and a falcon deity beneath; a mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids, most bearing text or motifs on the underside, including: a rope border enclosing the head of a lion wearing a sun disc and uraeus; a plain gold scaraboid; a line border enclosing the throne name of Amenhotep III (neb-maat-Re); an indeterminate standing figure; a central hes- vase flanked by rearing cobras; a group of hieroglyphs, perhaps a slightly incorrect spelling of the throne name of Amenhotep II (akheperu-Re); and a group of four hieroglyphs. 36.9 grams total, 14-35 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Temple of Edfou
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 52 from Vol.I of Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, titled Edfou (Apollinopolis Magna) Coupe et élévation intérieure du pylône du grand temple. 230 grams, 105.5 x 69 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The temple at Edfu in Upper Egypt is dedicated to Horus and was built during the Ptolemaic Period. It remains one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt. -
Egyptian Blue Glass Inlay Collection
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Comprising: four vessel- or cartouche-shaped inlays, a djed pillar, and two standing figures. 8.98 grma total, 31-37 mm
From a 20th century UK collection.
