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LOT 0030
Romano-Egyptian Alabaster Alabastron
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (7.71 grams, 44 mm).
Small alabastron in banded Egyptian calcite-alabaster, pointed ovoid body and tall neck divided by a broad annular collar and finished with a plain straight rim.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in 1990s.
English private collection.
Cf. The British Museum, London, inv. nos. 1867,0508.712; 1856,1226.1753; 1881,0824.146; 1850,0805.5.
FootnotesA well-attested type produced from the Twenty-Seventh Dynasty through the Ptolemaic period and continuing into the early Julio-Claudian era.
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LOT 0030
Romano-Egyptian Alabaster Alabastron
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Romano-Egyptian Faience and Other Bead Necklace String
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Pectoral
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £150
Large rectangular shrine-shaped pectoral with subtle cavetto cornice top; obverse with black-painted Anubis reclining on a low pedestal, the reverse with two stylised tyet flanking a djed pillar; four piercings through the rear edge. 20 grams, 45 mm
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Egyptian Steatite Tilapia Fish Plaque Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
The domed upper face shaped as a fish with scale detailing, the underside has three hieroglyphs consisting of a men (draughtboard) sign, with a figure of a standing deity wearing a sun-disc crown next to a large Maat feather to the right, pierced longitudinally. 1.72 grams, 16 mm
Ex Mustaki collection, early 20th century, UK. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
Fish amulets symbolised regeneration.
