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Egyptian ivory or bone duck shaped spoon
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1196738 (stock# E152)
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A rare and charming carved ivory or bone cosmetic spoon in the form of a stylised duck with its head turned over its back. The tail of the bird is slightly curved so as to create a scoop which also functions as a thumb-rest.
Egypt, New Kingdom, mid to late 2nd Millennium BC
General light wear and pitting, some small losses as seen in the photographs
Size: 4.6 x 2.9 cms
Ex. private collection, New York, USA.
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Romano-Egyptian pottery Maltese Terrier
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1196737 (stock# R43)
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A hollow moulded pottery figure of a Maltese Terrier wearing a collar with a bell around its neck. This breed of dog was an extremely popular pet, as is testified by numerous finds of this type of figure from Roman Egypt.
Egypt, Roman period, 2nd or 3rd Century AD
Intact as shown, the surface has been lightly oiled or varnished at some date since excavation
Size: 8.7 x 12.9 cms
Ex. collection: Robert Viola, New York, USA; acquired before 1979.
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Egyptian bronze Osiris figure
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1195687 (stock# E96)
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A solid cast bronze figure of the god Osiris with incised details. The god is depicted standing, wearing the Atef Crown and holding a crook and flail across his chest.
Egypt, 1st Millennium BC
Some losses on the crown otherwise intact as shown
Size: 14 x 3.6 cms, 17.7 cms including display stand
Mounted on a black painted display stand
Ex. collection: John William Wheway, Hertfordshire, UK; 1897-1974; thence by family descent. Wheway was a prolific children's fiction writer with a keen ...click for details
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Egyptian faience shabti
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1195684 (stock# E43)
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A sizeable pale green glazed faience shabti figure with moulded details and three vertical lines of inscription.
Egypt, end of the Late Dynastic Period, 4th Century BC
Repaired on the middle of the legs otherwise intact, remnant of an old label on the back.
Size: 14.2 x 3.4 cms, 17.3 cms including base
Ex. private collection, UK; acquired in the early 20th Century.
Mounted on an early 20th Century black painted display base
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Egyptian glass duck amulet
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1195680 (stock# E150)
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A small pale blue glass amulet in the form of a duck with its head tucked over its body as if asleep. The body of the amulet is pierced long-ways and the base is undecorated.
Egypt, New Kingdom, mid to late 2nd Millennium BC
Intact apart from some minute chips on the base
Size: 0.9 x 0.6 cms
Ex. collection: Rodney Watts, London, UK; acquired by his father in the early 20th Century.
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Romano-Egyptian monkey in a chariot
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1195679 (stock# R28)
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A moulded pottery figure group depicting a monkey dressed as a soldier riding in a chariot being drawn by an ibis or flamingo. The meaning of such figures is not known, the object may be a child's toy or it may be a political pun - the ibis may represent Egypt being enslaved by Roman soldiers portrayed as monkeys.
Egypt, Roman period, c. 1st Century AD
Some small chips around the base otherwise intact
Size: 6.5 x 6.5 cms, 8.7 cms including display stand
Ex. collection: Robert Viola, New ...click for details
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