14th Jun, 2017 10:00

Antiquities & Tribal Art
 
Lot 223
 
Lot 223 - A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS Circa 3000...

A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS Circa 3000 B.C.-332 B.C. Including a light blue glazed composition udjat eye, with moulded detail, 2cm wide, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a bichrome glazed composition corn flower bud, 2.7cm high, Armana Period, circa 1379-1352 B.C.; a green glazed composition lotus flower, 1.7cm high, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a steatite scaraboid with the shape of a fish on the obverse,1.7cm wide, Ramesside Period, circa 13th-12th Century B.C.; a green glazed composition ear, 2.5cm high, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a green glazed composition openwork amulet made up of four udjat eyes, 2.3cm wide, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.; a Mesopotamian cylinder seal incised with diagonal lines, 2.5cm high, circa 3000 B.C.; and an Egyptian terracotta mould for an amulet in the shape of a bunch of grapes, 3.1cm high, New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C., (8) Provenance: Property from the collection of Madge Kirkham (1925-2016). The cylinder seal acquired from Folio Fine Art Ltd. in May 1969; the rest acquired from Charles Ede Ltd.; the udjat eye in March 1974; the cornflower in April 1990; the lotus flower in April 1994; the scaraboid in April 2003; the ear in April 2005; the openwork amulet in April 2006; and the terracotta mould in September 1982. The ear previously from the collection of Mrs J. Hazzi, New York, acquired in the 1960s and the openwork amulet from the Gustav Mustaki collection. The corn flower bud and the amulet mould each accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and the cylinder seal accompanied by the original receipt issued in 1969. Published: The udjat eye in Charles Ede Ltd. Antiquities 95, 1974, no.26; the lotus flower in Charles Ede Ltd. Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt XXI, 1994, no.25; and the terracotta mould in Charles Ede Ltd, Antiquities 124, 1982, no.35a.b.

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