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LOT 0133
Romano-Egyptian Bronze Animal Collection
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 5/8 in. (83 grams total, 36-42 mm).
The trio comprising a baboon, a rearing snake and shrew, each with simple stylised detailing. [3]
Provenance‘The Ancient Menagerie Collection’ formerly the property of a Cambridgeshire lady, collected since the 1990s and acquired from auctions and dealers throughout Europe and the USA, now ex London collection.
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LOT 0133
Romano-Egyptian Bronze Animal Collection
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Black Hardstone Scarab with Ankh
Late New Kingdom, circa 1070 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Carved with stylised features and the base carved with a scarab beetle flanked by two ankh symbols and a ra sign beneath; drilled for suspension. 2.71 grams, 18 mm
Acquired 1969-1999. From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, thence by descent. -
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Egyptian Mixed Bead Group
Circa 2nd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising various types, composition, sizes and colours, including: glass; calcite; steatite; shell; obsidian; peridot; carnelian; pink limestone; faience and rock crystal; some examples taking zoomorphic and axe forms; some held in perspex collector boxes with inked inventory numbers; accompanied by a handwritten collector's label reading 'glass beads from the tombs near Joppa. 1897' and a more recent note handwritten in the lid of one presentation box: '4 glass beads from 'the tombs near Joppa' now in Tel Aviv-Yafo in Israel, collected in 1897 when part of Ottoman Empire. Gift from Miss C. Rawdin 1982'; also a faience baboon amulet. 248 grams total, 4-33 mm
Fine condition.
Found Joppa, 1897. The property of Mr and Mrs P. R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. With an old dated label. -
Egyptian Faience Bead and Amulet Necklace
New Kingdom-Late Period, 1550-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Composed of polychrome glazed beads of tubular and annular types, together with pendant amulets including fly and fruit; restrung. 5.6 grams, 48 cm long
From the collection of a London gentleman, 1980s-1990s.
