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LOT 0741
Romano-Egyptian Faience Amulet Group
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
3/4 - 1 in. (7.01 grams total, 18-26 mm).
Comprising: a melon, two clenched-fist amulets, and two female figurines. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Petrie, W.M.F Amulets, London, 1994, Plate I, figs. nos. 13a-b, for similar examples of clenched-fist amulets.
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LOT 0741
Romano-Egyptian Faience Amulet Group
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Framed Oil Painting on Canvas of a Temple at Thebes by Dimitri Gnedko
1993 A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Showing the inside of the temple with papyrus-topped columns, elaborate polychrome decoration visible on the ceiling; in the foreground, a woman dressed in blue robes, set in a gilt frame, old collector's notes on the reverse. 2.7 kg, 69 x 53.5 cm
From the private collection of a Knightsbridge gentleman. -
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Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Montuemhat
Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty, circa 700-650 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Bids: 8 | Current Bid: £185
Complete funerary cone with a long tapering form, the circular flat end impressed with four rows of hieroglyphic text, reading: 'Honoured before Osiris, fourth god’s servant (of) Amun, Montuemhat, true of voice, his wife, his beloved, king’s acquaintance, lady of the house, Shepenmut, true of voice'. 1.41 kg total, 27 cm wide including stand
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Montuemhat, Mayor of Thebes and Governor of Upper Egypt, was possibly the most powerful official of his era in southern Egypt. He built one of the largest and most lavishly decorated nonroyal tombs known (TT34), which still dominates the Asasif landscape today. Shepenmut was Montuemhat's second wife. -
Romano-Egyptian Plaster Mummy
Circa 2nd century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
D-shaped in section with mummy wrapping to the body, exposed face with curls of hair. 6.14 grams, 44 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
