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Auction 05 December 2023 TimeLine Auctions Ancient Art & Antiquities Sale - Day 1 - Harwich

Bid on the lot list TimeLine Auctions : 05 December 2023 - Auction Venue:TimeLine AuctionsThe Court House363 Main RoadHarwichEssexCO12 4DNUK Day 1Tuesday 5th December 2023Ancient Art, AntiquitiesLots 1-440 Day 2Wednesday 6th December 2023Ancient Art, AntiquitiesLots 441-980 Day 3Thursday 7th December 2023Ancient Art, Antiquities, Antiques, Natural HistoryLots 981-1550 Day 4Friday 8th December 2023Ancient Art, Antiquities, Antiques, Natural HistoryLots 1551-2120 Day 5Saturday 9th December 2023Coins, Medals & BooksLots 2121-2767 First time buyers might be asked to provide ID and proof of address in accordance with the Anti-money laundering directive. A bid limit may be applied to their account or a deposit may be required. For enquiries about bidding, or to discuss any of these arrangements, please email bids@timelineauctions.com or call +44(0)1277 815121. After the sale Payments must be paid in Pounds Sterling and can be made by bank transfer, cash (up to the value of £7,000), cheque and debit or credit card (up to a maximum limit of £500). Please note that TimeLine Auctions Ltd does not accept Paypal (or similar systems), charge cards (American Express, Diners Club etc.) or cheques/orders drawn on foreign banks in Pounds Sterling or any other currencies. Payment requests will be sent to all successful bidders by email, please check spam folders if not received. Please note, it is the Buyer’s responsibility to ensure any duties, restrictions, laws or regulations regarding import and export to the Buyers home country are met. Buyers from the USA especially should note that restrictions apply to various categories of antiquities and coins and should check before bidding. Full Terms and conditions: https://timelineauctions.com/terms-and-conditions/ Timeline Auctions Ltd - Harwich

TimeLine Auctions Ancient Art & Antiquities Sale - Day 1

Tuesday 05 December 2023 - 12:00 (GMT) - Live

363 Main Road - CO12 4DN Harwich, Royaume-Uni

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Lot n° 1

Egyptian Banded Alabaster Alabastron....

Egyptian Banded Alabaster Alabastron. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With a tapering honey-coloured piriform body and rimmed mouth, incised circumferential line on the shoulder; accompanied by a display stand. 322 grams, 14 cm high including stand (5 1/2 in.). Ex...

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Lot n° 2

Large Egyptian Faience Djed Pillar...

Large Egyptian Faience Djed Pillar Amulet. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Olive-green glazed composition amulet with ribbed panel, flared base; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.EA58105....

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Lot n° 3

Large Egyptian Triad Faience Amulet....

Large Egyptian Triad Faience Amulet. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Olive-green glazed composition amulet with triad of deities: Isis and Nephthys wearing their usual headdresses, flanking Harpocrates with his side-lock; all three with hands joined; ribbed...

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Lot n° 4

Egyptian Limestone Miniature Obelisk...

Egyptian Limestone Miniature Obelisk with Hieroglyphs. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With tapering sides and pointed top, incised vertical column of hieroglyphic text to one face: ?ry-?bt ?b? ?tp mr-mš? imn, ''lector-priest' (give) purified offering (to the)...

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Lot n° 5

Egyptian Relief with List of Offerings....

Egyptian Relief with List of Offerings. Late Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, 2495-2181 B.C. A section of tomb wall with a central register of eight rectangular panels each containing hieroglyphs naming offerings for the deceased; the top and bottom groups...

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Lot n° 6

Egyptian Wooden Tomb Servant. Middle...

Egyptian Wooden Tomb Servant. Middle Kingdom, late 11th-early 12th Dynasty, 2010-1961 B.C. Carved in the round with separate articulated arms, painted facial details and wearing a short linen kilt; slightly bent posture, feet pegged to a rectangular base;...

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Lot n° 7

Egyptian Painted Wooden Model of...

Egyptian Painted Wooden Model of a Cow Giving Birth, Together with Two Figures. Middle Kingdom, 11th-12th Dynasty, 2023-1862 B.C. Composed of three figures: a standing cow or other quadruped giving birth to its young, its head, neck and forelegs emerging...

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Lot n° 8

Egyptian Wooden Male Figure. Third...

Egyptian Wooden Male Figure. Third Intermediate Period, circa 1070-730 B.C. Striding on a rectangular base, wearing a belted kilt, bag wig and with short beard; mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum...

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Lot n° 9

Egyptian Wooden Model Boat with...

Egyptian Wooden Model Boat with Oarsmen. Middle Kingdom, late 11th-early 12th Dynasty, 2010-1961 B.C. Comprising a cream-coloured crescent-shaped boat manned by a crew of seven oarsmen, each with a short black wig, their bodies painted in reddish-brown...

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Lot n° 10

Egyptian Bronze Situla with Chain....

Egyptian Bronze Situla with Chain. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With loops to the rim and short chains hanging from a hook finial; upper register with solar barque; the body with figure of priapic god Amun-Min and offerant before an offering table; lotus-flower...

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Lot n° 11

Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris...

Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris Wearing Plumed Atef Crown. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With frontal uraeus, holding the crook and flail in his hands; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 12(d). 70...

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Lot n° 12

Egyptian Bronze Anubis Finial....

Egyptian Bronze Anubis Finial. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Standing before an enigmatic balloon-like object on a rectangular base with two supports flanking a short shank; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines...

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Lot n° 13

Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Priest...

Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Priest Statuette. Late Period, circa 664 - 332 B.C. The male figure of a kneeling supplicant with back pillar inscribed with hieroglyphic text: 'Neith gives life to ..'. Cf. Schulz, R. and Seidel, M., Egyptian Art. The Walters...

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Lot n° 14

Egyptian Painted Wooden Mask. Late...

Egyptian Painted Wooden Mask. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With remains of polychrome painted detailing, depicting a large part of a face with eye detailing and remains of segmented headwear; old collection number 'E.352' and a later suspension loop to the...

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Lot n° 15

Egyptian Wooden Face Mask. Late...

Egyptian Wooden Face Mask. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With painted detailing to the eyebrows, eyes and headband; flesh coloured pigment remaining on the nose and forehead; prominent nose and small mouth; pierced through the chin and forehead to accept...

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Lot n° 16

Egyptian Faience Beaded Mummy Mask...

Egyptian Faience Beaded Mummy Mask with Sons of Horus. Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with...

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Lot n° 17

Egyptian Wooden Face Mask. Late...

Egyptian Wooden Face Mask. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved in the half-round with elegant nose and prominent chin, full lips and rounded cheeks; a headband resting on the forehead; an attachment dowel on the chin and forehead. See Taylor, J.H., Death...

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Lot n° 18

Egyptian Pale Blue Faience Shabti...

Egyptian Pale Blue Faience Shabti for Padiosiris. Late Period, 664-525 B.C. Finely modelled face with false beard and tripartite wig; hands holding the pick and the hoe; a seed bag over the left shoulder; plain back pillar; a T-shape arrangement of hieroglyphic...

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Lot n° 19

Egyptian Green Faience Shabti with...

Egyptian Green Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Olive-green glazed composition with detailed facial features, hands, tools, seed bag, dorsal pillar; T-shaped hieroglyphic text: 's?? ws?r nb p?.ty .ns(?) m?? ?rw ms...

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Lot n° 20

Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic...

Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription. Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, 1186-715 B.C. Pale grey glazed composition shabti with black outlining to the wig, eyes and facial features, arms, seed sack and a vertical panel of hieroglyphic...

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Lot n° 21

Egyptian White Faience Shabti for...

Egyptian White Faience Shabti for Khaemwaset. Ramesside Period, 19th-20th Dynasty, 1305-1080 B.C. With black applied detailing to the face, arms, tools and block of hieroglyphic text to the lower body giving the dedication 'The illuminated one, the Osiris,...

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Lot n° 22

Egyptian Blue Faience Shabti for...

Egyptian Blue Faience Shabti for Nesitanebisheru. Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 980-935 B.C. A vibrant blue-glazed mummiform shabti of princess Nesitanebisheru, daughter of Pinudjem II, on a custom-made display stand; modelled with arms...

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Lot n° 23

Egyptian Faience Pataikos Amulet....

Egyptian Faience Pataikos Amulet. Ptolemaic Period, 4th-3rd century B.C. Depicting the creator god in the form of the dwarf god Pataikos, modelled nude with stylised anatomical detailing, holding two knives to his stomach, squatting on an oval base; a...

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Lot n° 24

Egyptian Bronze Sistrum Handle...

Egyptian Bronze Sistrum Handle Finial. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. The bifacial upper part of a handle featuring Hathor, depicted with cow ears and wearing a heavy wig with characteristically curled lappet ends and a broad collar; on either side a uraeus,...

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Lot n° 25

Egyptian Wooden Shabti Box Lid....

Egyptian Wooden Shabti Box Lid. Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Rectangular lid fragment with rounded upper corners, plano-convex in section; painted image of two jackals representing Anubis, the god of embalming, crouching above rectangular frames, probably...

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Lot n° 26

Large Egyptian Bronze Osiris with...

Large Egyptian Bronze Osiris with Silver-Inlaid Eyes. Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-332 B.C. Modelled mummiform with arms crossed at the chest, holding crook and flail with highlighted features, wearing a plaited false beard and Atef crown mounted...

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Lot n° 27

Egyptian Limestone Bust of a Male...

Egyptian Limestone Bust of a Male Dignitary. New Kingdom, 13th-12th century B.C. Carved male bust with a short-sleeved robe and tiered shebyu jewelled collar, striated wig; mounted on a custom-made plinth. Coincraft coin and antiquities catalogue BCF...

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Lot n° 28

Egyptian Alabaster Cylindrical...

Egyptian Alabaster Cylindrical Vase. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved from cream-coloured Egyptian alabaster containing fine veining throughout; relatively thick walls flaring to form a wide mouth with flat-topped lip, then tapering towards the gently...

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Lot n° 29

Egyptian Bone Cosmetic Spoon. Late...

Egyptian Bone Cosmetic Spoon. Late New Kingdom, 1550-664 B.C. The naked female figure standing on a lotus column and holding an elongated shallow cosmetic spoon above her head. Cf. Hayes, W.C., The Scepter of Egypt. A Background for the Study of the Egyptian...

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Lot n° 30

Egyptian Wooden Djed Pillar Amulet....

Egyptian Wooden Djed Pillar Amulet. Saite Period, 7th-5th century B.C. Finely-made amuletic djed pillar; old collector's accession number 'E.436' to underside; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 106 grams, 17 cm high (6 3/4 in.). with ink inscribed...

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Lot n° 31

Egyptian Gold God Bastet Cat Amulet....

Egyptian Gold God Bastet Cat Amulet. Late New Kingdom, 1070-900 B.C. Modelled seated on a tongue-shaped base, with simple facial detailing and suspension loop to the back. Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 29(c). 0.52 grams,...

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Lot n° 32

Egyptian Decorated Wooden Pyxis....

Egyptian Decorated Wooden Pyxis. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Lathe-turned body and separate lid, incised bands to the equator, flared base, and fillet to the domed lid. Cf. similar item (lacking lid) in the collection of the British Museum,...

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Lot n° 33

Egyptian Wooden Cosmetic Spoon....

Egyptian Wooden Cosmetic Spoon. New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C. Carved in the round, the handle formed as the extended nude female body, the extended arms holding out a pear-shaped bowl; separate carved head with bobbed hair; offered with a flattish lid with...

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Lot n° 34

Egyptian Painted Limestone Shabti...

Egyptian Painted Limestone Shabti for Abet-iyiry. Late New Kingdom, circa 1100 B.C. With remains of pigment to the tripartite wig, face and eyes; vertical band of hieroglyphic inscription in black on the front giving dedication: 's?? wsir ?bt-iyiry(?)...

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Lot n° 35

Large Egyptian Wooden Shabti with...

Large Egyptian Wooden Shabti with Hieroglyphs. New Kingdom, circa 1300 B.C. Finely modelled with gesso surface and painted detailing; wearing lappet wig and broad collar, crossed hands holding agricultural implements; frontal column of hieroglyphic text...

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Lot n° 36

Egyptian Glazed Steatite Seated...

Egyptian Glazed Steatite Seated Monkey Holding a Kohl Pot. New Kingdom, 1225-1070 B.C. The monkey holding a kohl pot of roughly cylindrical form; set on an integral oval base; rim of kohl perforated twice; mounted on a custom-made display base. Cf. The...

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Lot n° 37

Egyptian Carnelian Scarab. New...

Egyptian Carnelian Scarab. New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C. With incised carapace and leg detailing, hieroglyphs to the underside. 2.23 grams, 16 mm (5/8 in.). Ex North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s. No Reserve

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Lot n° 38

Egyptian Carnelian Scarab with...

Egyptian Carnelian Scarab with Symbols Representing the Royal Title 'King of Upper and Lower Egypt, 1550-1070 B.C. With rounded profile and detailing, the underside inscribed with the sedge, bee and sun disk symbols. 3 grams, 16 mm (5/8 in.). Ex North...

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Lot n° 39

Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace....

Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace. Late New Kingdom, 1295-1069 B.C. Restrung designer necklace using tubular green-glazed beads in a double row, interspersed with small double-ring beads; the central feature a net-like composition of brown and blue-glazed...

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Lot n° 40

Egyptian Amethyst Bead Necklace...

Egyptian Amethyst Bead Necklace with Scaraboid. Middle Kingdom, 2010-1961 B.C. and later. Restrung using oblate amethyst beads, lavender-coloured scaraboid to the centre with incised anatomical detailing; modern clasp. 28.7 grams, 47 cm long (18 1/2 in.). Acquired...

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Lot n° 41

Egyptian Stone Frog Amulet. Ptolemaic...

Egyptian Stone Frog Amulet. Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Modelled in the round as a crouching frog. Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession no.1881.0614.137. 62.3 grams, 52 mm (2 in.). Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris,...

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Lot n° 42

Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Osiris....

Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Osiris. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Depicted in a tightly wrapped shroud, holding his characteristic regalia of crook and flail; wearing the Atef crown; remains of gilding, eyes inlaid in glass; small part of the crown missing,...

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Lot n° 43

Egyptian Faience Figure of Thoth....

Egyptian Faience Figure of Thoth. 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C. In ibis-headed form, plain dorsal pillar, pleated kilt, tripartite wig; old collector's inked accession number 'E.1000' to the reverse; repaired. Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London,...

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Lot n° 44

Egyptian Blue Faience Shabti. Early...

Egyptian Blue Faience Shabti. Early Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd century B.C. With a thick and lustrous turquoise glaze, sporting a tripartite wig highlighted in darker blue glaze, and a long beard; holding a pick, hoe and a cord for a seed bag hanging...

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Lot n° 45

Egyptian Blue Faience Shabti with...

Egyptian Blue Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Pale blue glazed composition with T-shaped hieroglyphic inscription to the lower body incorporating mother's name. Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum...

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Lot n° 46

Very Large Egyptian Figure of Isis...

Very Large Egyptian Figure of Isis Seated on a Throne. 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C. Depicting the goddess Isis seated on a throne, suckling her infant son Horus, of whom part of the lower torso and delicately modelled hands remain; wearing a throne-shaped...

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Lot n° 47

Egyptian Steatite and Other Scarab...

Egyptian Steatite and Other Scarab Collection. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids in steatite and glazed composition with hieroglyphs to the underside. 10.2 grams total, 10-17 mm (3/8 - 5/8 in.). Ex North London, UK, gentleman,...

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Lot n° 48

Egyptian Steatite and Other Scarab...

Egyptian Steatite and Other Scarab Collection. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Group of steatite and glazed composition scarabs each with hieroglyphs to the underside, the largest with a cartouche of Amenophis III. 10.1 grams total, 13-18 mm (1/2 - 3/4 in.). Ex...

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Lot n° 49

Very Large Egyptian Faience Quadruple...

Very Large Egyptian Faience Quadruple Eye of Horus Amulet. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Olive-green glazed composition plaque with transverse piercing comprising four addorsed wedjat motifs with black detailing. Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt,...

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Lot n° 50

Egyptian Memphis Triad Amulet....

Egyptian Memphis Triad Amulet. Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Rectangular plaque with ledge to the lower edge, ribbed loop above, the half-round figures of the goddesses Nephthys and Isis wearing their characteristic headdresses flank the figure of the young...

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