Antiquities
Catalog Information: 451 lots | 394 with images
Date: 2004
Auction House:
Bonhams
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: An Egyptian Pre-Dynastic squat pottery jar
Naqada II, 4000-3000 B.C.Of squat spherical form, the body decorated in wine-coloured slip with six vertical panels filled with horizontal 'water' lines, the panels tapering in at the neck and base, with concentric circles around the base, two barrel [...more]
Lot 2: An Egyptian Early Dynastic pottery vessel
1st Dynasty, 3100-2890 B.C.Of cylindrical form with rolled lip and slightly convex base, the mid brown fabric with buff slip, 9in. (23cm.), a chip and short hairline crack on the rim
Lot 3: A small Pre-Dynastic Egyptian miniature jar
Not after 3100 B.C.Of veined pink indurated limestone, the body of baluster form with tubular lug handles, 2 1/4 in. (5.5cm.), part of the lip restored, some surface cracking
Lot 4: An Egyptian green schist palette
Pre-Dynastic Period, not after 3100 B.C.The zoomorphic cosmetic palette depicting a stylised turtle or bird, of oval form with small protruding head, pierced at the top, 5 3/4 in. (14.5cm.)
Lot 5: An Egyptian wooden sarcophagus panel
Middle Kingdom, 11th-12th Dynasty, circa 2050-1786 B.C.With hieroglyphic inscription in added green slip on an ochre ground with two rows from the 'Coffin Texts' invoking Anubis saying: 'Lord of the burial, the Imy-wet, Lord of the necropolis', the l [...more]
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