Beautifull Moukhala gun with carved stock
perfect working flintlock in very good condition.
From the Age of the Patriarchs. Middle Bronze Age II-B Pottery Transport Amphora with original Ladle calcified into mouth of vessel, circa 1750 - 1550 BCE, Age of the Patriarchs (Abraham, Issac, Jacob) Found in the Holy Land and purchased in Israel in 1980s. Globular in form with funnel-shaped mouth, a horned handle on either side. Intact and heavily encrusted with earthen deposits, in great condition. 21 1/2" high. For the first time, palaces were built in the largest settlements...
Of pylon form, carved in relief with the figure of Ptah and the Apis bull wearing the solar disk.
Size: 5.2 cm H - 2 1/16”
Material : Alabaster
Culture : Egypt, c. 500 B.C.
Condition : Tiny chip to edge, otherwise intact
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Provenance: UK private collection. Published Bonham’s October 2008.
Of pylon form, carved in relief with the figure of Ptah and the Apis bull wearing the solar disk.
Size: 5.2 cm H - 2 1/16”
Material : Alabaster
Culture : Egypt, c. 500 B.C.
Condition : Tiny chip to edge, otherwise intact
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Provenance: UK private collection. Published Bonham’s October 2008.
Solid shank with pointing shoulders, set with square cabochon garnet.
Size: GB=G/H - USA=3 2/4 - 1.7 cm inside D
Material : Gold and Garnet, 10.4 g
Culture : Roman, c. 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Condition : Intact
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Provenance: English Lady’s private collection.
With typical Egyptian facial features and curly black hair.
Size: 3.4 cm L - 1 3/8”
Material : Faience
Culture : Egypt, c. 1000 B.C.
Condition : Fragment
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Small lentoid bead with baboon
Measurement: 1.1 x .8 x 2.5 cm
Material/colour: cream-coloured glazed steatite.
Technique: carved stone; pierced longitudinally.
Condition: crackling of glaze on top; small chip from edge near paddle.
Date: Twenty-sixth Dynasty
Provenance: Golden Chariot; Collection of Gustav Jecquier, reportedly from Sakkara.
Identification and Interpretation: Image of ape rowing celestial barque with Re above...
A Roman Carved Bone Fragment Furniture Attachment of female doing daily chores, circa 63 BCE - 330 CE, 1 7/8" high on custom wooden base (4 1/2" x 3 1/4") In excellent condition.
With head turned to the side, circular eyes, with large projecting mouth, the body decorated with recessed circles with remains of light green and red enamel inlay.
Size: 3.7 cm L - 1 1/2”
Material : Bronze
Culture : Roman c. 2nd century A.D.
Condition : Pin missing, tip of one paw missing
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Priapos standing in graceful pose wearing a heavy cloak which he is pulling up with the right hand to show his naked lower body.
A hole on the belly where a large penis was inserted.
The ithyphallic god of fertility wears a veil surmounted by a modius.
The heavily bearded head with a protruding forehead, delicate features – the tiny mouth framed by a thick moustache.
Terracotta
Egyptian, Hellenistic Period, 2nd century BC
H. 18.9 cm (7.4 in)
H...
Rare head of Isis-Demeter showing chubby features, beady eyes and purse lips. A Venus ring along the neck. The Severan style melon hairdo is carefully braided. The goddess is wearing a veil and large earrings.
Over her head the solar disk and a grain ear between two cow’s horns, all emerging from a couple of leafs. These are attributes of Isis-Demeter, the goddess of vegetation and fertility.
For a related terracotta of the nursing Isis cf. item no. 1028 in: W. Schürmann...
Finely modeled Egyptian terracotta head with caricatural features, the face showing wide open eyes under arched eyebrows, a prominent nose, fleshy lips and protruding ears.
The head is a depiction of an ugly slave and fits into the grotesque tradition of Hellenistic art; the present head however is a Roman imperial development.
For the depiction of an ugly slave with an almost identical head cf. lot no. 393 in: J. Fischer.
Griechisch-Römische Terrakotten aus Ägypten...
Faience amulet. Sekhmet wearing the united crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. Late period 26th Dynasty, 664 - 535 BC. 1 7/8" x 1/2" Undrilled. From a Chicago 'Gold Coast' collection, inherited from an old Boston estate. Details to purchaser.
Faience amulet. Isis suckling Horus. Egypt, late period. Damaged at head, with loss of suspension loop. 28mm ( 1 1 / 8"). From a Chicago 'Gold Coast' collection, inherited from an old Boston estate. Details to purchaser.
Faience amulet. Nefertum. 33mm (1 5 / 16"). Broken and glued. From a Chicago 'Gold Coast' collection, inherited from an old Boston estate. Details to purchaser.