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LOT 0479
Romano-Egyptian Bronze Snake Ring
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.96 grams, 17.82 mm overall, 11.83 mm internal diameter).
Formed as a coiled snake with chevron decoration on the head. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Egyptian Bronze Osiris Statuette
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Standing figure in mummiform stance, wearing the Atef crown with flanking ostrich plumes and frontal uraeus, holding the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) regalia. 23.4 grams, 52.6 mm
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Egyptian Turquoise-Glazed Seated Harpocrates
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. or laterEstimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Modelled in the round, depicted in a seated pose with bold sidelock reaching to the shoulder, uraeus on the forehead; ribbed suspension loop behind the neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 10.09 grams total, 52 mm including stand
Collection of His Excellency Mandou Riaz 1895-1963. Archaeology Auction, Paris, Drouot Montaigne, 11-12 Nov 2001, no.186. Private collection, London, UK.
