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EA50 A Late New Kingdom funerary stele of Nefer-ka : SOLDA limestone funerary stele, carved in shallow relief, depicting a standing figure, clad in kilt and broad collar making an offering to Osiris in the form of the falcon-headed god Horus. Osiris wears the atef crown, a kilt, has a bull's tail and holds a Was scepter and an ankh. Below are three lines of hieroglyphic text which read "An offering that the King gives Osiris, foremost of the Westerners, Great God, Lord of ... ...that he may give an invocation offering of flesh and fowl, beer and wine to the spirit of Nefer-ka Sokar Osiris". The rest of the text is unclear but there then seems to be a reference to an "offering to Bastet". Some surface chips and losses partially affecting the 2nd and 3rd lines of text, but the depiction and text essentially intact. Stele measures 36 cm/14.5 ins. high and 25 cm/10 ins. in width and is provincial in style. Late New Kingdom or possibly Third Intermediate Period, c.1200 - 600 B.C. Ex Florence Wesley Collection, New York. A superb centrepiece to any Egyptian collection.EA51 A good-sized glazed green faience amulet of Taweret, Late Period, c. 600 B.C. : £ 145 NEW!
A good-sized glazed green faience amulet of the pregnant hippopotamus goddess Taweret (Thoeris), protector of women in childbirth, measuring 40 mm/1.6 ins. high, pierced through the top of the head for suspension. Chips to the front and back of the foot, but a relatively nicely modelled example with a chevron-pattern on the back pillar, Late Period, c. 600 B.C. Mounted on a perspex block.
Ex K. Amery Collection, London.EA52 A restrung bead mummy mask in a glazed metal frame, Late Period - Ptolemaic Period, circa 500-300 B.C. : £ 525 NEW!
A restrung bead mummy mask, composed of disc-shaped spacer beads, the turquoise face with brown border and broad white nose, the eyes and eyebrows outlined in black. Mask measures 145 mm/5.7 ins. across and 102 mm/4 ins. high. An attractive composition, the beads dating to the Late - Ptolemaic Periods, circa 500-300 B.C. Mounted in a quality glazed black metal frame.
EA53 An Ancient Egyptian cosmetic spoon in bone or ivory : £ 70An Ancient Egyptian cosmetic spoon in bone or ivory, measuring 77 mm/3.0 ins in length, a small chip from the end of the stem, otherwise condition good, Late Ptolemaic or Roman Period, c. 100 B.C - 400 A.D.Ex Myers Collection, Ex K. Amery Collection, London, previously sold by Eternal Egypt, Wimbledon, London, and published as No. 19 in their catalogue 'Osiris -Egyptian Antiquities' (September 1993).EA54 A polychrome painted coffin panel showing mirror images of Anubis, Late Dynastic Period, c. 600 B.C. : £ 750A polychrome painted panel from a wooden coffin, with a mirror image of jackels painted in black on a light umber background, a white and brown linear design below, minor wear to the painted surface. The reverse unpainted with some minor insect damage. A number of open peg holes, one with retained peg. Panel measures 331 mm/13 ins. x 126 mm/5 ins., Late Dynastic Period, c. 600 B.C.Ex Hugh Stanley Russell (1924-2000) Collection. |
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EA51: £145
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EA52: £525 (reflection in glass is nearby Cave Bear skeleton)
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EA53: £70
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EA52: Detail of mask
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