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LOT 0593
Romano-Egyptian Carved Gemstone Collection
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (1.86 grams total, 9-11 mm).
Comprising: an oval intaglio with a female profile bust; a red jasper intaglio with a standing figure holding a cornucopia; a translucent carnelian intaglio with a profile bust; a glass intaglio with a putto; a banded agate intaglio with a winged figure. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection assembled 1970s-90s, and thence to the liquidated state of above.
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LOT 0593
Romano-Egyptian Carved Gemstone Collection
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Hieroglyphs
New Kingdom, circa 1400-1292 B.C.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
With incised anatomical detailing on the body, underside inscribed with a scene of a falcon and a sacred bark, flanked by stylised Red Crown (deshret) motifs; pierced longitudinally. 4.48 grams, 21 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Egyptian Carnelian and Other Beads with Jasper Poppy Bead Amulets
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Including poppy- or cornflower-shaped, spherical, biconvex, and other types. 38 grams total, 4-20 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Egyptian Stone Age Knapped Lance Point Group from Luxor
Neolithic Period, 11,000-5,200 B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising three leaf-shaped with tapering sharp points, one tongue-shaped with a rounded point; one with an inked note 'Luxor 1912'; with an old handwritten label reading 'Weapon points- possible lance points - Neolithic'. 60.7 grams total, 53-84 mm
Found Luxor. From the collection of A.D. Passmore (1879-1958), his collection of flints from the area of Stonehenge was donated to the Ashmolean Museum in the 1950s. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by a copy of an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton.
