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Auction archive: Lot number 72

AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION BES HEAD INLAY

Antiquities
14 Apr 2011
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,400
ca. US$1,962 - US$2,289
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$2,453
Auction archive: Lot number 72

AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION BES HEAD INLAY

Antiquities
14 Apr 2011
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,400
ca. US$1,962 - US$2,289
Price realised:
£1,500
ca. US$2,453
Beschreibung:

AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION BES HEAD INLAY
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXIV, CIRCA 1069-715 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION BES HEAD INLAY THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXIV, CIRCA 1069-715 B.C. With leonine features; together with a lower part of a menat -counterpoise with wedjat -eye and twin uraei above rosette; a pair of Egyptian turquoise glazed composition wedjat -eyes, with details in dark purple, pierced; a fragmentary Egyptian blue glazed composition amulet of Sekhmet, wearing tripartite wig, arm band details in dark purple glaze, suspension loop above; and four other turquoise glazed composition amulets including a double plume, multiple eye bead, all Third Intermediate to Late Period, circa 9th-7th Century B.C., 1½ in. (3.9 cm.) high max. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 72
Auction:
Datum:
14 Apr 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
14 April 2011, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION BES HEAD INLAY
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXIV, CIRCA 1069-715 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION BES HEAD INLAY THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXIV, CIRCA 1069-715 B.C. With leonine features; together with a lower part of a menat -counterpoise with wedjat -eye and twin uraei above rosette; a pair of Egyptian turquoise glazed composition wedjat -eyes, with details in dark purple, pierced; a fragmentary Egyptian blue glazed composition amulet of Sekhmet, wearing tripartite wig, arm band details in dark purple glaze, suspension loop above; and four other turquoise glazed composition amulets including a double plume, multiple eye bead, all Third Intermediate to Late Period, circa 9th-7th Century B.C., 1½ in. (3.9 cm.) high max. (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 72
Auction:
Datum:
14 Apr 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
14 April 2011, London, South Kensington
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