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Hittite
1001. Hittite, c.1400 BC. An interesting lot of five large creme colored terra cotta fragments in bas-relief depicting strange human and serpent heads some with bits of stone inlays. Four of the five mounted on clear plastic stands. H: 9-11 cm. $300/5 View Image
1002. Hittite, c.1400 BC. An interesting lot of six terra cotta fragments of human heads and circular designs some with incised star designs and inlays, all nicely mounted on clear plastic bases. H: 5-8 cm.$150/6 View Image
1003. Hittite, c.1400 BC A similar lot of seven pieces, all with the round designs with piercing “eyes”, some with solar designs. All mounted as above. $275/7 View Image
1004. Hittite, c. 1400 – 1200 BC. A carved limestone lion head used as a waterspout in a larger composition. The lion’s head rests on the same square block of limestone, but its mouth is neatly and completely carved out leaving a rather large opening. The mouth is drilled to allow the flow of water. The lion’s eye gaze upward and his teeth are carefully incised. H: 11”. Ex Jay Gluck collection, acquired in the 1960’s. Intact, but crude. Rare and interesting. $1200 View Image
Lamp Collection
1005. Holy Land, Judaea, Iron Age, c.1200 - 560 BC. A wheel made clay oil lamp, pinched at one point, with a round base. In perfect condition. L: 15.5cm. See Amiran, Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, pl. 100, #4. A good example. $200 View Image
1006. Greece, Boeotia, c.800 BC. A plastic terra cotta lamp in the form of a duck, with raised spout behind the duck’s head. L: 14cm. A scarce and pleasing example. $400 View Image
1007. Roman, Trier, c. 100 AD. A faded red clay discus with a scene of a rider atop a horse? holding caduceus. The animal has a sheep’s head; the rider carries a staff similar to a caduceus. Tip of spout repaired. L: 105 cm. See K. Goethert-Polaschek, Katalog der Romischen Lampen des Rheinmuseums Trier, #725. $200 View Image
1008. Roman, Trier, c. 100 AD. A red ware discus lamp with Cupid carrying a shell, symbol of Venus, and a perfume bottle, symbol of sweetness of love. Maker’s initials AMZ incised on back. L: 6cm. Goethert-Polaschek, op. cit., #227. $300 View Image
1009. North Africa, Carthage, c. 250 - 350 AD. A red-ware clay lamp with a small leaping stag atop the discus. No other decoration. L: 12.5cm. J. Deneauve, Lampes de Carthage, #624. A sharp very fine specimen. $200 View Image
1010. North Africa, Carthage, 1 st – 2 nd Century AD. A round discus lamp with a kilted warrior, arms akimbo. Laurel pattern around. L: 12cm. cp. Deneauve, op. cit. #331, a pugilist. $225 View Image
1011. Greco-Roman, Palestine, c. 250 BC. A brown clay lamp with red glaze with globular body with rim sloping towards filling hole; lug handle on left, raised base. L: 9cm. Minor chipping. R. Rosenthal, Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, No. 16. A scarce early type. $225 View Image
1012. Syro-Palestine, c. 300 - 400 AD. A mold made ovoid shaped lamp with a wide filling hole and a raised rim above hole. On the shoulder of lamp are parallel radiating lines. L: 9cm. VF. S. Djuris, The Anawati Collection, No. C298. $100 View Image
1013. Syro-Palestine, c. 300 - 400 AD. A mold made ovoid shaped lamp with a wide filling hole and a taller (than above example) raised rim above hole. On the shoulder of lamp are parallel radiating lines with a corrupted cross just above the wick opening. A wheel with spokes dominates the bottom. L: 9cm. VF. S. Djuris, The Anawati Collection, No. C303. $100 View Image
1014. Levantine, c. 500 –700 AD. A cream colored ceramic lamp with very interesting detailing featuring two standing human figures with the Greek letters theta and kappa. Knobbed handle and a star-like pattern on bottom. Very fine. L: 8cm. Minor chip at spout. Cp. Bailey, Roman Lamps, in the British Museum, Vol., 3, pl. 60 for similar shapes. See also Hayes, Ancient Lamps in the ROM, #543 for a Byzantine type figure similar to the one on this remarkable lamp. $400 View Image
1015. Byzantine, c. 700 AD. A buff clay “slipper’ lamp with wreath design, a dotted broken cross design on the nozzle. L: 8cm. R. Rosenthal, Qedem 8, #459. $100 View Image
1016. Byzantine, c. 700 AD. A buff clay high handle lamp with raised square around center hole. Handle is decorated with circles and pellets. L: 9.5cm. R. Rosenthal, op. cit. #502/503. $125 View Image
1017. Byzantine, c. 700 AD. A buff clay high handle lamp with raised square around center hole. Handle is decorated with elaborate Byzantine cross. Minor linear decoration on back. L: 10cm. A very fine Christian lamp. $175 View Image
1018. Byzantine, c. 700-900 AD. A round terra cotta lamp with short lines in relief on top, and with a wheel-like circle, raised, on base. D: 8 cm. Cp. Qedem 8, # 578-579. Excellent quality. $125 View Image
1019. Islamic, c. 7th - 13th century AD. A mold made ovoid lamp with sharp carination, raised rim, knob handle and pellet marks on the base. Signs of use. L: 10cm. cf. Anawati collection, op. cit., C330. This type of lamp was most typical throughout the early Islamic Period. $100 View Image
1020. Islamic, c. 7th - 13th century AD. A mold made ovoid lamp with sharp carination,
raised rim, knob handle with what appears to be a small anchor symbol between the filler and wick holes and with some carination around. L: 8cm. $75 View Image
Multiple Lamps Lots
1021. Roman Egypt, a lot of two lamps, a dark terra cotta “frog” lamp, no handle, just central hole and spout with simple round circular designs. Bailey, op. cit., plate 59 for similar examples. L: 8. 5 cm., along with a small worn “frog lamp”. L9 $75/2 View Image
1022. Roman Egypt, a lot of two lamps. 1). A heavily patinated bronze single spout lamp with a “trigger” handle. L: 14cm. 2). An elegant mold made fragment of a handle with a beautifully incised image of Medusa. H: 7cm. Both nice pieces. $250/2 View Image
1023. Greco-Roman Egypt. Lot of three lamps including one chipped “frog” type and two lovely round miniatures with knobbed handles, one of which has a frieze of bas-relief birds. L: 8 cm, Dia. 6 cm. A nice lot $250/3 View Image
1024. Byzantine Egypt, c. 7 th century AD. A wheel made lamp with rounded smooth carination in brown clay with reddish slop. L: 8cm. Cp. Bailey, op. cit., Q2278EA. Also included a small crudely made lamp that shows evidence of having been burned throughout in a fire. L: 7.5 cm. $100/2 View Image
1025. Byzantine, c. 700 - 1000 AD. A lot of two terra cotta lamps with cross designs. L: 8-9 cm. One knob handle chipped. An interesting lot. $175/2 View Image
1026. Islamic, c. 7th - 13th century AD. A mold made ovoid lamps, a lot of two with wide raised rims by central hole and knobbed handles. L: 9 10.5cm. Cp. Anawati, p. 104.
$175/2 View Image
1027. Islamic, c. 7th - 13th century AD. A mold made ovoid lamps, a lot of two with wide raised rims by central hole and knobbed handles, one handle chipped, one with very well defined carinations, the other red ware. L: 10 – 10.5cm. cp. Anawati, p.104. $175/2 View Image
1028. An unusual lot of 2 purported lamps. One is a type without a wick station, just an open pan, and the other an Islamic glazed lamp filler with a chipped spout. L: 9,5cm & 11cm. $200/2 View Image
1029. The balance of the lamp collection; eight mold made lamps all intact and virtually perfect with the exception of one which is missing its knobbed handle, two with markings on base, and some with burn marks by the wick holes. L: 7-9 cm. $500/8 View Image
Miscellaneous Antiquities from the Collection
1030. Assyria, Time of Nebuchadnezzar, c. 604 – 562 BC. A clay brick with molded inscription naming the King as the builder of the road. From Nimrud. 16” x 6”. An interesting piece in need of further research. $2000 View Image
1031. Mesopotamia, c.1800 – 1200 BC. A chert cosmetic dish with central depression and a series of 8 small holes along the flat rim, one other hole at the center. Some edge chipping, but otherwise a interesting and very rare item. D: 3 1/8”. $600 View Image
1032. Holy Land, before 500 BC. A buff pottery bowl with rounded base and a high lip. Age cracks. H: 12cm. $100 View Image
1033. Holy Land, before 500 BC. A buff pottery bowl with pedestal base and narrow lip. H: 15cm. $125 View Image
1034. Holy Land, a lot of three buff pottery pieces including: 1). a drinking cup with parallel circles on the body, H: 9.5cm,. 2). A one-eared juglet, part of the mouth chipped, body with traces of paint. H: 18cm. 3). A small narrow bowl with minor edge chipping and parallel designs on the body. H: 13cm. See Amiran, Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, p. 118 for similar juglets. $250/3 View Image
1035. Holy Land, c.2 nd Century AD. A glass flask with broad lip and a long spiral trailing from the top to the middle of the vessel. The trailing has the appearance of a coiled serpent. H: 12cm. Age cracks and a small hole on the side near the base. Light in color with a light green iridescence. $200 View Image
1036. Etruscan, Monte Sannace Complex, c. 4th century BC. A blackware ceramic guttus. The base clay is red, the piece has a beautiful shining black glazed surface. The guttus has a single ring handle, but is missing its long spout for filling small oil lamps. There is a bas-relief medallion of the facing head of Medusa with long flowing hair. The guttus has a round pedestal base. See Marie-Odile Jentel, Les Gutti et les Askoi a Reliefs Etrusque et Apulien, Quebec, 1976, 2 volumes. See vol. I pl. X, #38 for a similar guttus now in the Louvre. $400 View Image
1037. Etruscan, 5 th Century BC. A fine blackware fragment of the head and forelegs of an equine. L: 10cm. $200 View Image
1038. Boeotia, 8 th Century BC. A mold made terra cotta votive figure of a mother holding her child. Nicely detailed and attractive. H: 15.5cm. $300 View Image
1039. Magna Graecia, before 146 BC. A standing terra cotta figure of a fashionable lady wearing a chiton, traces of white slip. The head is re-fastened to the body. H: 15cm and pleasing. $300 View Image
1040. Roman, Levantine, c.100 – 200 AD. A phallic-shaped limestone figure of Priapus. He has detailed hair arrangement. Chipped in the area of erotic zone. H: 7.5cm. An interesting rendition of this mischievous figure. $250 View Image
1041. Roman Egypt, 1 st – 2 nd Century AD. A lot of two pieces, a terra cotta lamp mold with a facing bearded head, along with a blackware rectangular handle fragment, probably off a large lamp, with a bearded head facing. L: 11.5cm & 7 cm. $300/2 View Image
1042. Roman Egypt, c. 1 st Century BC/AD. A red clay head of Harpokrates with large lock of hair over his right eye, and with better than usual detailing to the face. On custom stand. H: 8 cm. $200 View Image
1043. Roman Egypt, c. 1 st Century BC/AD. A red terra cotta small “pilgrim’s flask” in the form of a hunchback. Two small loops atop. The bottom is broken. The over-all design is intact. H: 11 cm. The “hump” is carefully designed. $250 View Image
1044. Roman Egypt, c.1 st Century BC/AD. A large lot of thirteen votive terra cotta heads of animals, gods, goddesses and ordinary people. From the Northern California Museum study collecti0on. L: 4cm – 8cm. $350/13 View Image
1045. Roman Egypt, c.1 st Century BC/AD. A lot of eight stunning small terra cotta faces including on of Bes, a Negro, a clown, a horse’s head, Harpokrates, and two others. One pegged for mounting to a base. H: 3.5cm – 5cm. $300/8 View Image
1046. Coptic Egypt, 4 th – 6 th Century AD. A lot of two textile fragments, one with two small medallions with animals, the other with a floral design. L: 20cm & 28cm. $200/2 View Image
1047. India, Chanhu-Daro, c. 2000 BC. A buff clay solid figure of a human? Figure wearing a robe. A very crudely rendered votive figure. With pin for mounting set in. H: 9 cm. See Ernest J. H. Mackay, Chanhu-Daro Excavations, 1935=36. Pl. LIV, 2, 3 & 6. $175 View Image
1048. India, Chanhu-Daro, c. 2000 BC. A lot of two solid human figures one with signs of paint. H: 5-8 cm. Mackay, op. cit., pl. LIV. $175/2 View Image
1049. India, Chanhu-Daro, c. 2000 BC, Kushan-Gupta Periods, a lot of two fine terra cotta portraits of a bearded helmeted warrior and another of a crowned “king.” H: 5-8 cm. $125/2 View Image
1050. India, Chanhu-Daro, c. 2000 BC. A lot of two men wearing round hats. H: 6.5-10.5 cm. $100/2 View Image
1051. India, Chanhu-Daro, c. 2000 BC. A lot of three female heads one with an arm to her left ear. L: 6.5-8 cm. $100/3 View Image
1052. India, Chanhu-Daro, c. 2000 BC. The balance of the collection consisting of two really fine female heads, a youth and a child. The latter with a new plastic apparatus for mounting. L: 4- 6.5 cm. $150/4 View Image
1053. Indus Valley, c.2000 BC. A lot of 2 pottery fragments, each impressed with anthropomorphic seals. L: 6.5cm & 12cm. $75 View Image
1054. Levantine, Islamic Period, c.700 – 1000 AD. A small compact solid glass bowl used as a crucible. H: 4.5cm. Nice iridescence and rare. $500 View Image
1055. A lot of 12 miscellaneous terra cottas from multiple cultures, including the Mediterranean, Near East and Pre-Columbian. Both animals and people are represented as well as a Near Eastern mystic altar. Nice study group. $400/12 View Image
1056. A lot of 3 Pre-Columbian pieces. 1). A large bat’s head and partial wings from West Mexico. 2). A small piece with an applied goat head. 3). A piece comprised of two conjoined alligator foreparts. L: &cm to 12cm. $150/3 View Image
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Ancient Egypt
Stone
1057. Old Kingdom, c.2686 – 2160 BC. A heavy alabaster flat based jar with flared lip. Intact with some weathering. Nice banding. H: 7 ¼”. $650 View Image
1058. Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, c. 3 rd – 2 nd Century BC. A limestone canopic jar lid with simplistic rendering of human head. Pleasing patina; nice condition. H: 4.25, diameter of base is 4". $500 View Image
1059. Ptolemaic Period, 4 th – 1 st Century BC. A sandstone sculpture of a male head, with
hair incised with tiers of waves; plain and narrow back pillar. Sensitive facial features. H: 10”, 25.4cm. Left side of head restored. Ex. Age of Cleopatra, 1989, no. 3. $3000 View Image
Pottery
1060. Pre-Dynastic Period, Nicety II, c.3500 – 3100 BC. A black topped burnished red-ware conical jar. Intact with areas of minor surface abrasion. H: 7 ¼”. A handsome example of coil-formed pottery. It is interesting that throughout the long dynastic history of Egypt, no pottery was produced that matched the quality of the vessels seen during the Pre-Dynastic period. $1400 View Image
1061. Pre-Dynastic Period, Nicety II, c.3500 – 3100 BC. A burnished red-ware jar with black rim and inside. Nice surfaces, but repaired from 5 shards. H: 3”; D: 3 ½”. $100 View Image
1062. Roman Period, 1 st – 3 rd Century AD. A red-buff terra cotta jar with single strap handle and a central stylized face of the god Bes. Various bands of black addition decorate the piece. Intact with some spalling. H: 6 5/8”. $750 View Image
Bronze & Silver
1063. Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, 664 – 525 BC. A bronze Osiris, with inlaid eyes an wearing a large Atef headdress. Quite attractive with some restoration and mounted on a custom stand. H: 7 ¼”. $2200 View Image
1064. Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, 664 – 525 BC. A nice bronze statue of Osiris, wearing Atef-crown and holding crook and flail. Loop at back and side. Intact with good style and a lovely red-brown patina. H: 3 ¾”. On nice stand. $1000 View Image
1065. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A lot of two bronzes, a small oxyrhynchus fish, heavily patinated and mounted on a Lucite base. The second piece is a handle broken from a caldron with the head of Medusa, from the Roma Period. L: 5.5cm. $150/2 View Image
1066. Ptolemaic Period, c.4th – 3rd Century BC. A fine silver child’s bracelet with snake head terminals. Well detailed, intact and very attractive. D: 1 ½”. $1200 View Image
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Wood
1067. Old Kingdom, A male head done in acacia wood, with handsome features. Some losses in area, but nicely carved and very attractive. H: 5 ½”. $7000 View Image
1068. 1 st Intermediate Period, 2130 – 1980 BC. A nice cedar wood headrest of two parts. Of very solid construction with some losses due to erosion. Very nice quality wood and quite attractive. H: 8”. $1100 View Image
1069. New Kingdom, 1570 – 1075 BC. A wooden facial portion of a sarcophagus with pleasing facial features, but no remaining pigmentation. H: 6 ½” and mounted on a custom base. $600 View Image
1070. Kushite Period, XXVth Dynasty, 760 - 656 BC. A polychromed wooden image of Anubis on a rectangular base. The god is represented seated with front legs foreword, head held high and ears pointed. A wooden plinth supports the head. Carved with a skilled hand with much attention paid to style and detail, one being the tail curving up over the hindquarters. The body is black, with a bare collar and white eyes. Base and plinth are in red paint. Intact with some loss to snout and ears. L: 20.9 cm / 8.5". A most attractive example from a dark period of Egyptian history known as the time of the Jackal. $1500 View Image
1071. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A wooden facial portion of a sarcophagus comprised of three panels fitted together. Facial features a bit exaggerated, but nicely colored and well preserved. Measures 10” x 9” and beautifully mounted on a custom base. GREAT PAINT! $800 View Image
1072. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A facial portion to a sarcophagus with nemes headdress and partial collar. Much colorful pigmentation remains in ochre, blue, golden yellow and black. Interesting later style and mounted on a pleasing black panel. Dimensions of piece is 17” x 12”. $750 View Image
1073. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A gilded wooden ibis head. Long beaked with detailed facial features and eyes inlaid with rock crystal, painted underneath. Looped at the ends for attachment to an ibis mummy bundle. Nice gilding remaining with minor restoration. L: 14 ½”. There were many shrines and sanctuaries dedicated to Thoth, who was worshiped in ibis-form. An ibis mummy was given as a votive offering by pilgrims who visited these places, hoping for some sort of bestowment of favor. $2250 View Image
1074. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A nice wooden ostrich feather portion of a headdress from a Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. Nice ochre and red pigmentation. H: 7 ¼”. On stand. $225 View Image
1075. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A wooden clench fist from a sarcophagus lid. Full ochre pigmentation with wooden dowel still in place. L: 4 ¾”. $200 View Image
1076. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A wooden panel from a sarcophagus depicting Osirian Anubis. Colors include black, blue, green and red over a creme ground. One of the dowels still remains. L: 11”. The green color of Anubis shows the influence of the Osirian face, which is often depicted green, representing rebirth and regeneration. $225 View Image
1077. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A lot of 2 wooden panels, each nicely painted. The larger depicts a very stylized seated goddess and the small a Djed pillar of Osiris/ Both from the same Ushabti box and done in a brick red and ochre pigmentation. Dimensions 4 5/8” x 3 7/8” & 3 1/8” x 2 ¼”, both mounted on custom stands. $275/2 View Image
1078. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A lot of 3 painted poles, which were part of the elaborate wooden burial equipment found in some of the burials of the period. Alternating black, red and white bands of pigment and dowels for attachment to another element. Lengths from 10” to 15” and seldom offered and quite interesting. $200/3 View Image
1079. Ptolemaic Period, c. 4 th – 3 rd Century BC. A wooden foot panel of a sarcophagus depicting two-seated goddess, Isis and Nephthys, back to back, separated by a column of text. The details are rendered in red line with some blue addition of a golden yellow ground. Some losses of pigmentation and mounted on the backside for hanging on a wall. 9 ½” x 9 ¼”. $750 View Image
1080. Ptolemaic Period, c. 4 th – 2 nd Century BC. A wooden lintel and pediment from perhaps a Ptah-Sokar-Osiris shrine or a similar piece of funerary equipment. A very presentable piece, with a central winged uraeus on two parts, the disc and snake in relief, the wings detailed in pigment. On the reverse side is a nicely painted image of Harpokrates, seated within a yellow sun disc on a green field, 4 stars around him. Basically intact, with some minor losses to the left side and some minor losses of pigmentation. Both parts are still joined together with the original wooden dowels. L: 15 ½”; H: 5 ¾”. Mounted on a custom stand and a very attractive and displayable piece of ancient Egyptian funerary art. $875 View Image
Ushabtis
1081. New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX – XX, 1279 – 1190 BC. A carved wooden ushabti of simple form with black and ochre pigmentation. Intact. H: 7”. $275 View Image
1082. 3 rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI, 1075 – 945 BC. A nice blue-green ushabti with black addition, including the characteristic shesh headband of the period and well formed inscription. Intact and attractive. H: 4 ¼”. On stand. $300 View Image
1083. 3 rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI, 1075 – 945 BC. A nice blue-green ushabti of ‘Neshtahi’. Nicely modeled with pleasant features and text and cosmetic details in black addition. Repaired at midsection. H: 3 3/8”. On stand. $275 View Image
1084. 3 rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI, 1075 – 945 BC. A nice light blue ushabti with black addition, including the characteristic shesh headband of the period. Intact with partial text down front. H: 3 ¾”. On stand. $200 View Image
1085. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A nice light blue faience ushabti 9 registers of text. A handsome example with very well styled and attractive features. In choice condition with on a repair at the mid-section. H: 6 1/8”. $400 View Image
1086. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A tall blue-green faience ushabti with 7 registers of text. Intact with nice detail. H: 6 7/8”. On stand. $850 View Image
1087. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A choice light blue faience ushabti of “Hor-Ankh”, with “T-form” inscription and very handsome facial features and good surfaces. Intact and a beautiful ushabti. H: 5 1/5”. $1200 View Image
1088. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A blue faience ushabti of ‘Hor-ah’, with T-form inscription. Good details and attractive. H: 4 ½”. On stand. $200 View Image
1089. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A small faience ushabti with well incised features and text. Some text also can be found running down the plinth on back. Nice for what it is. H: 3 3/8”. $300 View Image
1090. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A blue-green faience ushabti with ‘T-form” inscription and sharp details. Intact and pleasing. H: 4”. On stand. $200 View Image
1091. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A green faience ushabti with thick glaze. Intact with some minor chipping of the glaze on the edges. A large and respectable example and most likely from the early Ptolemaic period. H: 6 5/8”. On stand. $200 View Image
1092. Late Period, 664 - 30 BC. A faience ushabti of simple form. Intact with glaze now a greenish color from age. H: 4”. $200 View Image
1093. Late Period, Dynasty XXX, 381 – 343 BC. A bright blue faience ushabti of handsome form with traces of inscription down front in a darker blue color. H: 6 ¼”. On stand. A very attractive example. $250 View Image
1094. Late Period, Dynasty XXX, 381 – 343 BC. A nice bright blue faience ushabti with good color. Intact and attractive. H: 4 ¾”. $200 View Image
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Ushabti Lots
1095. Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, 945 – 712 BC. A lot of 3 upper portions of faience ushabtis. Each with nice facial details and black additions. Each about 1 ½” in height. $225/3 View Image
1096. Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, 945 – 712 BC. A lot of 4 upper portions of faience ushabtis. Each with nice facial details and black additions. Each about 1 ½” in height. $225/3 View Image
1097. Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, 945 – 712 BC. A lot of 4 upper portions of faience ushabtis. Each with nice facial details and black additions. Each about 1 ½” in height. $225/3 View Image
Scarabs & Stamp Seals
1098. Old Kingdom, c.2686 – 2160 BC. A green faience stamp seal of pyramidal form with snakes on the base. Intact with full glaze. 9x8mm. Cf. Petrie Buttons’, 345; Ex. Jonathan Rosen collection, New York, acquired March, 1981. Rare. $225 View Image
1099. Middle Kingdom, 12 th Dynasty, 1991 – 1740 BC. A steatite scarab featuring a nub, uah, au and an ankh. Minor chipping, 17 x 12mm. See Petrie, Kahun, pl. IX, #55. Also included is a 2 nd Intermediate scarab from the delta with a lion on the base. 18 x 13mm. $175/2 View Image
1100. 2 nd Intermediate Period, 1630 – 1523 BC, or a bit later. A green faience scarab of nice style with four uraeii on the base. 29x20.5mm. Cf. Matouk II, 1183; Cf. Jonathan Rosen collection, New York. $250 View Image
1101. 2 nd Intermediate Period, 1630 – 1539 BC. A steatite scarab of the delta region with stylized hieroglyphic characters on the base. Intact and an interesting example. 20x13mm. $100 View Image
1102. 2 nd Intermediate Period, 1750- 1570 BC. A steatite scarab with high back. On base an amuletic cartouche of Seostris III within power symbols, pair of eyes above. Some weathering, but nice. 19 x 13mm. $150 View Image
1103. 2 nd Intermediate Period, 1750- 1570 BC. Green steatite scarab with a nice styled kheper beetle on the base. Some wear evident, but an interesting example from the period. 14x11mm. $175 View Image
1104. 2 nd Intermediate Period, 1750- 1570 BC. A tabular form steatite scarab from the delta. On base, nub, djed, nsw and nefers. 18 x 14mm. Attractive for the type. $150 View Image
1105. Later 2 nd Intermediate - Early New Kingdom, c. 1600 – 1500 BC. A nice steatite scarab with a well executed tight scroll-work pattern on base. Nice textured legs and similar to some of the scarabs from the 17 th Dynasty necropolis. 22 x 14mm. $200 View Image
1106. New Kingdom, 19 th Dynasty, 1292 – 1190 BC. A steatite rectangular plaque with the backside decorated with two registers with the name ‘Amen’ flanked by feathers. On the base the virtues of the god Amen. Repaired at midsection, but excellently worked and quite attractive. 29 x 19mm. $300 View Image
1107. New Kingdom, 1539 – 1075 BC. A steatite cowroid with smooth back, the base depicting the God Bes flanked by baboons. 29 x 18mm. Matouk, Corpus du Scarabee Egyptian, 73 – 75. Intact and very attractive. $200 View Image
1108. Egypt, New Kingdom, c.1479 – 1425 BC or later. A steatite scarab set in a modern rectangular 14k gold swivel pendant. On the base is the cartouche, ‘Men-Kheper-Re” the prenomen of Thutmose III, between two feathers. Length of pendant is 1 ½”. $300 View Image
1109. New Kingdom, 1539 – 1075 BC. A lot of 2 steatite scarabs. The first inscribed for Thutmose III, ‘Men-Kheper-Ra, beloved of Amen-Ra’. Intact with thick, colorless glaze remaining. 17 x 13mm. See Matouk, Corpus du Scarabee Egyptien, Vol. II, 287. The second is also inscribed ‘Men-Kheper-Ra”, but is of later manufacture, about 25 th Dynasty, and may refer to a later king with the same prenomen as Thutmose III. It is chipped a bit, but interesting. 18 x 13mm. See Petrie ‘Scarabs’, Pl. LIII, 25c, #4. $225/2 View Image
1110. New Kingdom, 1539 – 1075 BC. A lot of two steatite scarabs, one chipped example inscribed for Thutmose III, 17 x 12mm, and another which may be inscribed with a blunder ‘Neb-Maat-Ra’ for Amenhotep III. 16 x 11mm. $125/2 View Image
1111. Third Intermediate Period, 23rd Dynasty, Orsokon III. 796 – 768 BC. A steatite square plaque, glaze gone. Name of the Pharaoh Orsokon III on the front, “Re Kheper”. On the back, two crocodiles, head to tail, with two nefers. Very minor chipping. See Petrie, “B & D Scarabs”, 23.2, 13. An attractive example. $200 View Image
1112. 3 rd Intermediate Period, 1075 – 656 BC. A steatite stamp seal with a large handle. On base, facing male head flanked by pellets. 37x23mm. Cf. Matouk II, 145; Ex. Jonathan Rosen collection, New York, no. J-264. Very Rare. Dated by a parallel scarab in the cataloguer’s collection with the same exact motif below the name of a 23 rd Dynasty king. $300 View Image
1113. Late Period, 664 – 332 BC. Black steatite button scarab. Nicely rendered with a neat bottom side. L: 25mm. This type of scarab was usually found wrapped within the bandages of a mummy. $425 View Image
1114. Late Period – Ptolemaic, 664 – 30 BC. A deep blue faience winged scarab. Of three parts with holes for attachment to the netting which covered mummies of the period. Nice details with good color. Some restoration to the tip of one of the wings. W: 5 ½”. $1200 View Image
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Amulets
1115. New Kingdom, Mid Dynasty XVIII, 'Amarna' period, c.1353 - 1322 BC. A choice. deep blue faience ring with an 'udjat' or 'Eye of Horus' as the bezel. Well molded with good style and detail. Expertly repaired. W: 3/4". A nice example of the height of faience production seen at the city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. Some of the reliefs known to have adorned the buildings at Amarna depicted the queen and her little daughters handing out gifts, including rings such as these, to the waiting hands of the populace. $675 View Image
1116. New Kingdom, Late Dynast XVIII, c.1350 – 1292 BC. A faience mold from a ring bezel in the image of a Ibex kneeling. Signs of use. From the Amarna, the city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. See Petrie ‘Amarna’, pl. XVI, 188 for a similar ring bezel. One of the more popular ring bezel types found at Amarna. $175 View Image
1117. Late Period, 664 - 525 BC. A carved green calcite box turtle with left rear foot missing. This lovely carving has incised eyes and mouth, gridiron pattern on the carapace and fine attention to detail. L: 40 mm. See H. G. Fischer, Ancient Egyptian Representations of Turtles, frontispiece. $200 View Image
1118. Late Period, 664 - 343 BC. A carnelian papyrus scepter. Nice color and a pleasing example. L: 1 ¼”. $300 View Image
1119. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A pinkish faience amulet of the ‘Udjat’, Eye of Horus. Well detailed with brow and line. L: 20mm. $250 View Image
1120. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A diorite amulet of the ‘udjat’, Eye of Horus. Of simplified form and from the wrappings of a mummy. L: 30mm. From Upper Egypt. $200 View Image
1121. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A basalt amulet of the ‘ib’, or heart. Well styled and a very choice example. H: 20mm. $175 View Image
1122. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A small bronze amulet of a hare, Very cute with a light green patina. L: 13mm. $450 View Image
1123. Late Period, 664 – 332 BC. A bronze amulet of the Apis Bull. Intact and attractive. D: 27x25mm. $250 View Image
1124. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A nice faience amulet of Thoth, hand pendant at sides. intact with a mottled purple and green coloration. H: 1 1/8”. A nice example. $300 View Image
1125. Late Period, 664 – 332 BC. A glazed steatite amulet of the red crown of Lower Egypt. Intact and nicely rendered. L: 19mm. $195 View Image
1126. Late Period, 664 – 332 BC. A green faience amulet of the uraeus, wearing double crown. L: 21mm. Intact with good detail. $140 View Image
1127. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A light blue faience amulet of Anubis, wearing large pectoral. Intact with full glaze. L: 24mm. $175 View Image
1128. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A light blue faience amulet of Bastet in feline form. Some losses to ears, but attractive. H: 30mm. $150 View Image
1129. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A green faience amulet of Sekhmet, seated on a throne, holding a sistrum. Intact and pleasing. H: 25mm. $150 View Image
1130. Ptolemaic Period, 3 rd – 2 nd Century BC. A round faience button ‘bead’ depicting the facing head of the God Bes. Nicely incised and in great condition. No glaze remains. L: 25mm. See Petrie, Button & Design Scarabs, 1063. $250 View Image
1131. Ptolemaic Period, 300 – 30 BC. A lot of 3 faience amulets. 1). Facing head of Bes, part of headdress missing. 28 x 18mm. 2). Standing figure of Bes, stylized. H: 26mm. Intact. 3). Amulet of the god Shu. H: 22mm. Intact. A nice group for the period. $150/3 View Image
1132. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A lot of 3 faience amulets. Two are of the god Bes, with his hands on his protruding belly, the third a crouching lion in light blue faience. Each amulet is intact. Lengths 34mm, 42mm & 27mm. $250/3 View Image
1133. Late Period, 664 – 30 BC. A lot of 7 pieces, 6 amulets & 1 partial ushabti, each of faience but for one, which is stone. All are decent examples, a couple with some losses. $225/7 View Image
1134. Ptolemaic Period, 305- 30 BC. Nice carnelian agate amuletic bust of Harpokrates, wearing side-lock of youth. Features carved in simplistic, but effective style. The translucent quality of the stone gives this miniature masterpiece much eye appeal. H: 1.6cm. Ex. Collection of President Marius Suzanne, Judge of the International Tribunal, Alexandria, 1905- 1920. $250 View Image
1135. Greco-Roman Period, 300 BC – 200 AD. A carved bone amulet in the form of a coiled serpent. Well done and interesting. Dia: 28mm. $200 View Image
1136. Roman Period, 2 nd – 4 th Century AD. An alabaster amulet in the form of a clenched fist and forearm. Pierced for suspension. L: 55mm. $250 View Image
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Faience Beads
1137. Late period, 664 – 343 BC. A nice necklace composed of multicolored faience disc and tube beads. Centrally pendant is a nice blue faience amulet of seated Isis, suckling the infant Horus. Amulet height 19mm, necklace length 16”. A very attractive piece of jewelry. $300 View Image
1138. Late period, 664 – 343 BC. A nice necklace composed of multicolored faience disc beads. Pendant is a molded blue faience quadruple ‘Eye of Horus’. Amulet measures 30x23mm, necklace length 17”. $125 View Image
1139. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A lot of 3 necklaces composed of multicolored faience disc beads. Each possesses a pendant, one of cobalt glass, one a stylized faience ‘Eye of Horus’, and a bronze Coptic cross. Average length is 18”. Attractive and wearable. $225/3 View Image
1140. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A handsome ‘mask’ from the netting of a mummy composed of various colored faience beads. Still strung on the original threading and retaining its original composition. The face is yellow, with black, white and red cosmetic details and a black border. The collar portion below the chin is composed of alternating black, red, yellow, light and dark blue beads. The piece measures 10 ¼” x 8 ½” and is nicely framed for display and protection. $1200 View Image
1141. Late period, 664 – 343 BC. A mask from the netting of a mummy composed of various colored faience beads. Reconstructed from the original beads as the original threading had weathered away. 4” x 5 ¼”. $325 View Image
1142. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A 1-kilo bag of multi-colored faience disc beads, often referred to as ‘mummy beads’. This is because they were often used to form large nets that covered mummies during certain periods and at certain locations during the Late Period. These are all of the highest quality with bright colors and glossy surfaces and will make quite a few necklaces. $1500 View Image
1143. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A lot of 12 necklaces composed of multi-colored faience disc and tube beads. The style of the necklace is a single strand branching into five strands. Great quality beads. L: 19” each. $900/12 View Image
1144. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A lot of 12 nice necklaces composed of multi-colored faience disc beads. The style of the necklace is a single strand, which then branches into five strands. L: 18” each. $900/12 View Image
Egypt Various
1145. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1539 - 1292 BC. A very fine carving of a small cream colored stone or ivory human hand. This excellent carving was attached to a larger figure. The thumb touches the first finger forming a circle within which some object could have been held in place. The knuckles and fingernails are very carefully carved. Ex Viola Galleries, New York, 1967. On small custom stand. One of the finest studies this cataloguer has ever seen of the human hand, and it is incredible to think it was carved nearly 4000 years ago. $700 View Image
1146. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A light blue faience offering cup, similar to the types used in the ‘Opening of the Mouth’ ritual. Intact and pleasing. H: 2 1/8”. $800 View Image
1147. Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A limestone mold of a goose, fragmentary, with the backside of the waterfowl visible, with much detail. D: 5” x 2 ½” – 1 ¾”. On stand. $200 View Image
1148. Ptolemaic Period, c.3 rd – 2 nd century BC. A turquoise glass inlay of a kneeling Nephthys, in schematic form, with two large pieces of basalt set in the upper and lower parts. Intact and quite interesting. H: 2 ½” and set on a custom stand. $4200 View Image
1149. Ptolemaic Period, 3rd – 2nd Century BC. A cartonnage helmet-mask. The deceased is depicted wearing the nemes head-cloth, colored in a deep blue pigment. The face is gilded with a golden yellow generalization of a beard. The cosmetic details are vivid with wide eyes and irises and large lips. Between the length of the head-cloth on the chest is a beaded collar depicted in various rows of geometric shapes representing beads. A very choice piece with only minor restoration. Pigmentation is generally sound, with some minor losses on the backside. Colors include blue, golden yellow, green, red, black and white. H: 14 ½” (mask only); Total height with stand is 21 7/8”. $7500 View Image
1150. Roman Period, 2 nd – 4 th Century AD. A red and white mosaic glass gaming piece. Ex ‘Per-Neb’ collection. Acquired in Cairo during the 1930’s. $200 View Image
1151. Roman Period, c. 1 st – 3 rd Century AD. A lot of 5 glass bracelets of various forms and of various colors. Each is intact and a good example. $425/5 View Image
1152. Roman Period, c. 1 st – 3 rd Century AD. A lot of 5 glass bracelets of various forms and of various colors. Each is intact and a good example. $425/5 View Image
1153. Lot of 4 study pieces. 1). A large stone scarab from the Late period. 2). A terra cotta figure, date? 3). A carved alabaster lion with hole in mouth and rear, Roman? 4). A limestone mold of a pharaoh wearing nemes head-cloth, date? All quite interesting and should be inspected. $200/4 View Image
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