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LOT 0474
Romano-Egyptian Pottery Shrine
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 A.D.
4 1/8 in. (127 grams, 10.4 cm).
Tubular type with domed 'beehive' roof and pierced lug at the apex, carinated collar and rectangular opening. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
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LOT 0474
Romano-Egyptian Pottery Shrine
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Cartonnage Section with Eye and Wing
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-860 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Sub-rectangular in plan with irregular and fragmented edge; prepared plaster surface featuring a line-bordered column with four cursive hieroglyphs naming Behedet (bḥdt); a section of finely painted outstretched wing with feather detailing to lower edge in red and blue; below, a wedjat eye in black with red medial band; fabric back to reverse. 48 grams, 17 cm
Formerly from an old collection of a Wiltshire, UK, collector, acquired before 1980. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This fragment most likely originates from the lower chest section of a so-called anthropoid 'yellow coffin' from the Third Intermediate Period. The wing belongs to a protective deity; as Behedet is a name given to several locations (Edfu, Tell el-Balamun, and Lepidotonpolis) associated with Horus, it seems probable that the wing belongs to the falcon form of this god. -
Egyptian Libation Vessel in the Form of a Squatting Woman
3rd century B.C.-2nd century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £675
Formed as a naked pregnant woman in a squatting position, with sagging breasts and a strongly bulging belly; pubis clearly visible between the legs, which are spread wide apart; eyes and mouth perforated to serve as a spout; filling hole at the back of the head; left foot partly absent. 161 grams, 10 cm
Hans Jurgen Döpp (1940), Frankfurt. From The Erotica Collection of Christian von Faber-Castell, Küsnacht ZH, Switzerland; acquired from Bernd Gackstätter, Antikenkabinett Frankfurt. -
Phoenician Terracotta Head Group
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
One mould formed with shoulder-length hair and puffy features; the other hollow to the reverse. 28.5 grams total, 33-34 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.