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Auction 05 March 2024 TimeLine Auctions - Antiquities and Ancient Art - 5 Day Sale - Harwich

Bid on the lot list TimeLine Auctions : 05 March 2024 - Auction Venue:TimeLine AuctionsThe Court House363 Main RoadHarwichEssexCO12 4DNUK Day 1Tuesday 5th March 2024Ancient Art, AntiquitiesLots 1-450 Day 2Wednesday 6th March 2024Ancient Art, AntiquitiesLots 451-1093 Day 3Thursday 7th March 2024Ancient Art, Antiquities, Antiques, Natural HistoryLots 1094-1750 Day 4Friday 8th March 2024Ancient Art, Antiquities, Antiques, Natural HistoryLots 1751-2402 Day 5Saturday 9th March 2024Natural History, Coins, Medals & BooksLots 2403-3063 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 - Antiquities and Ancient Art - 5 Day Sale

Tuesday 05 March 2024 - 12:00 (GMT)

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

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Lot n° 1

Egyptian Faience Scarab Late Period,...

Egyptian Faience Scarab Late Period, 6th-5th century B.C. With detailed ribbing to the carapace, legs and mouth; underside with central ribbed loop; old inked collector's reference 'E.45'. Cf. NFA Classical Auctions, Scarabs and Design Amulets, December...

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Lot n° 2

Egyptian Memphis Triad Amulet Late...

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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Lot n° 3

Egyptian Janiform Pataikos and...

Egyptian Janiform Pataikos and Ra-Horakhty Faience Amulet Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Modelled in the round, Pataikos depicted nude with his arms resting on his rounded belly, large genitals and a suspension loop on his head; the nude Ra-Horakhty...

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Lot n° 4

Egyptian Amethyst Horus Amulet...

Egyptian Amethyst Horus Amulet Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved in the round, the falcon seated on a rectangular base with outstretched talons, the wings neatly tucked against the body, incised detailing and drilled eyes; a small drilled depression on...

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Lot n° 5

Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Son of Horus...

Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Son of Horus Amulet Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Carved amulet of the baboon-headed mummiform figure of Hapy shown standing with dorsal pillar, pierced for suspension. Cf. Eggebrecht, A., Suche nach Unsterblichkeit: Totenkult und Jenseitsglaube...

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Lot n° 6

Large Egyptian Heart Scarab with...

Large Egyptian Heart Scarab with Hieroglyphic Inscription Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With naturalistic detailing to the upper body and legs; base engraved with seven rows of hieroglyphic text, a version of Chapter 30b of the Book of the Dead; faience or...

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Lot n° 7

Egyptian Gold Cartonnage Inlays...

Egyptian Gold Cartonnage Inlays Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-31 B.C. Comprising: a winged scarab with detailed carapace and wings; and the mummiform figures of the four Sons of Horus, Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef; mounted on custom-made...

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Lot n° 8

Egyptian Faience Sistrum Fragment...

Egyptian Faience Sistrum Fragment with Hathor Head Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Pale blue-green bifacial bust of Hathor with D-shaped face, characteristic banded hair with curled ends, cow's ears, broad collar of radiating segments; circular attachment point...

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Lot n° 9

Egypto-Phoenician Lapis Lazuli...

Egypto-Phoenician Lapis Lazuli Scarab with Cartouche for Thutmose III Late 1st millennium B.C. With carapace detailing to obverse, plaque with intaglio cartouche for the throne name of Thutmose III, winged scarab and fronds flanking. Cf. similar item...

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Lot n° 10

Large Egyptian Faience Papyrus...

Large Egyptian Faience Papyrus Amulet Pendant Late Period, 664-332 B.C. With stylised incised lotus petal detailing to base and neck; ribbed suspension loop. Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London,...

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Lot n° 11

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace...

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Bes Amulet Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads, with four larger oblate beads; central feature a large Bes pendant, the god standing on a plinth and wearing an elaborate...

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Lot n° 12

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace...

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Thoth Amulet Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads; the central feature a large amulet of Thoth in ibis-form wearing a short kilt and advancing on a rectangular plinth. Cf....

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Lot n° 13

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 two-holed beads; the central feature a net-like composition of small brown and blue-glazed...

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Lot n° 14

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace...

Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace String with Amulets Amarna Period, 1353-1336 B.C. Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads with a large central heart amulet, interspersed with various amulets including: poppy seed, rosette, lotus flower, two Thoth...

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Lot n° 15

Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience Blue...

Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience Blue Lotus Chalice New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, circa 1504-935 BC. With a tall, flaring cup rounded at the base, attached to a short stem supported on a flared foot; the outside of the cup decorated with petals modelled...

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Lot n° 16

Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White...

Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience White Lotus Chalice New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, 1315-945 B.C. The lotiform cup modelled as an open lotus flower with incised petal detailing to the outer face, short stem and flared foot; some restoration. Cf. Freed,...

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Lot n° 17

Egyptian Gold Pendant Collection...

Egyptian Gold Pendant Collection New Kingdom-Ptolemaic Period, 1550-30 B.C. Comprising: a sheet-gold wedjat eye; a gold sheet penannular ring, possibly a wig ornament; a sheet-gold bead formed as a granulated female bust; gold aegis of Sekhmet wearing...

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Lot n° 18

Egyptian Gold Bes Amulet Late New...

Egyptian Gold Bes Amulet Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, 1070-900 B.C. Mask of Bes with tall plumed headdress, vertical bar to the reverse. Cf. Andrews, C., and van Dijk, J., Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer...

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Lot n° 19

Egyptian Gold Goddess Bastet Cat...

Egyptian Gold Goddess 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° 20

Egyptian Faience Bead Mummy Mask...

Egyptian Faience Bead Mummy Mask with Collar Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Comprising a restrung panel of small glazed composition beads in various colours representing a mummy face mask with false beard and collar; framed and glazed. Cf. Manley, B.,...

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Lot n° 21

Egyptian Wooden Stela for Pa-di-Amun-(em)-ipat...

Egyptian Wooden Stela for Pa-di-Amun-(em)-ipat with Ra-Horakhty Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Arch-topped and composed of two vertical boards, coated with gesso and skilfully painted on one side; the lunette decorated with a winged sun-disc...

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Lot n° 22

Egyptian Bronze Horus Falcon on...

Egyptian Bronze Horus Falcon on Shrine-Shaped Base Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-31 B.C. Naturalistically modelled falcon with incised feathers and detailing; standing on a shrine-shaped rectangular box with slightly battered sides and cornice moulding;...

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Lot n° 23

Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Figure...

Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Figure of Eros 1st-2nd century A.D.. Depicted nude in a dynamic pose with his legs apart and the weight of the body upon his right leg, standing in front of a two storey structure, probably an oven; his left arm raised and right...

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Lot n° 24

Egyptian Diorite Bust of a Dignitary...

Egyptian Diorite Bust of a Dignitary Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Wearing a heavy wig over a rounded face with cosmetic lines and eyebrows in raised relief; vertical dorsal pillar with partial hieroglyphs to the reverse; some re-cutting, mounted on a custom-made...

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Lot n° 25

Egyptian Bronze Striding Figure...

Egyptian Bronze Striding Figure of Montu the Falcon God of War Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-343 B.C. With falcon head, wearing a shendyt kilt and a tripartite striated wig, surmounted by two ostrich plumes and fronted by a sun disc and double uraei,...

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Lot n° 26

Egyptian Bronze Striding Figure...

Egyptian Bronze Striding Figure of the Goddess Neith 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C. Striding on a rectangular base; formerly holding a papyrus sceptre (?) in her extended left hand, her right hand by her side, and wearing a long close-fitting dress; mounted...

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Lot n° 27

Egyptian PreDynastic Black-Topped...

Egyptian PreDynastic Black-Topped Jar Naqada I-II, 4000-3200 B.C. Of ovoid form tapering to a narrow flattened base. See Sowada, K.S., Black-Topped Ware in Early Dynastic Contexts, in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol.85, 1999; Adams, B., Predynastic...

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Lot n° 28

Egyptian Early Dynastic Gneiss...

Egyptian Early Dynastic Gneiss Bowl 2nd-3rd Dynasty, 2860-2640 B.C. Material also known as 'Chephren Diorite' carved with a flattened base and flaring, slightly convex sides with inward curving rim bevelled on the inside, single groove encircling the...

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Lot n° 29

Egyptian Indurated Limestone Frog-Shaped...

Egyptian Indurated Limestone Frog-Shaped Cosmetic Vessel Predynastic Period, Late Naqada I-Naqada II, circa 3700-3300 B.C. Squat ovoid in profile, modelled with the legs folded beneath the body, with hollow socket eyes, flared rim to mouth; copper lug...

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Lot n° 30

Egyptian Diorite Shell-Shaped Bowl...

Egyptian Diorite Shell-Shaped Bowl Early Dynastic-Old Kingdom, circa 3100-2181 B.C. Sculpted as one half of a bivalve shell with thin lip to outer edge; repaired; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. similar vessel in diorite in Metropolitan Museum of...

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Lot n° 31

Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron...

Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron 14th-13th century B.C. Formed with a squat globular body, everted rim and three lug handles to the shoulder; painted reddish-brown over a cream slip with concentric bands and rings to the mouth, neck, shoulder and...

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Lot n° 32

Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron...

Mycenaean Painted Pottery Alabastron 13th-11th century B.C. Drum-shaped with a sloping shoulder, short neck, trumpet-style neck and mouth and a gently rounded base; three loop handles at regular intervals around the shoulder; reddish-brown painted geometric...

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Lot n° 33

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform...

Greek Geometric Terracotta Piriform Jar with Handles Late Helladic IIIB, 1300-1200 B.C. With small flared foot, broad body and rounded shoulder, everted rim and two loop handles to the shoulder; painted bands of linear ornament. Cf. Biers, W.R., The archaeology...

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Lot n° 34

Greek Archaic Painted Terracotta...

Greek Archaic Painted Terracotta Skyphos 7th-early 6th century B.C. Conical in form with rounded shoulder, everted rim and two round-section handles; painted with concentric bands around the interior and exterior. Cf. Metropolitan Museum for similar example,...

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Lot n° 35

Minoan Serpentine Blossom Bowl...

Minoan Serpentine Blossom Bowl 1700-1450 B.C. Finely worked in the form of a blossoming lotus flower with tightly arranged delicate petals separated by deep grooves, narrow flat base and high shoulder. Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession...

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Lot n° 36

Minoan Bronze Statuette of a Lady...

Minoan Bronze Statuette of a Lady Middle Period, circa 1700-1450 B.C. With a small, stylised face with detailed eyes, nose and mouth; right hand raised to hold a child; wearing a flounced skirt with double belt; mounted on a custom-made display stand....

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Lot n° 37

Minoan Bronze Double Axehead Circa...

Minoan Bronze Double Axehead Circa 2000 B.C. Substantial labrys with flared and curved edges, elliptoid socket to the centre. Cf. D'Amato, R., Salimbeti, A., Early Aegean Warrior 5000-1450 BC, Oxford, 2013, fig. p.37, for similar. 973 grams, 17.5 cm (6...

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Lot n° 38

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Zoomorphic...

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Zoomorphic Jug Group Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C. Each with burnished surface, globular body with conical underside, tall spout with open rear face, loop handle; one with lateral lugs to the spout forming 'eyes'. Cf....

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Lot n° 39

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Vessel...

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Vessel Group Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1800 B.C. Comprising a tall vase with trumpet-shaped mouth, a bulbous ewer with curved spout and loop handle, and a similar jar with flared mouth and incised chevrons to the shoulders;...

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Lot n° 40

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Jug Group...

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Jug Group Early-Middle Bronze Age, circa 2700-1900 B.C. Group of three burnished redware jugs, two smaller examples with loop handle to the neck, larger with handle to the shoulder; all with incised linear ornament. Cf. Morris,...

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Lot n° 41

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Jar Group...

Cypriot Red Polished Ware Jar Group Middle Bronze Age, circa 2000-1600 B.C. Comprising: two with globular body, broad neck and flared rim, pierced lugs to the shoulders, bands of incised hatching; one with rounded underside, broad neck and everted rim,...

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Lot n° 42

Cypriot Votive Limestone Head of...

Cypriot Votive Limestone Head of a Young Man 6th-4th century B.C. Modelled in the round with soft youthful features, short beard, small mouth and large lentoid eyes, tousled hair with a diadem above the brow; socket to the top of the head and remains...

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Lot n° 43

Cypriot White-Slip Ware Tankard...

Cypriot White-Slip Ware Tankard Circa 1600-1450 B.C. With globular lower body supporting a broad and slightly waisted tubular neck with everted rim, D-shaped spur to the forward face, strap handle to the rear with flat-section thumb-pad, trumpet-shaped...

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Lot n° 44

Cypriot White-Slip Ware Tankard...

Cypriot White-Slip Ware Tankard Circa 1600-1450 B.C. Globular body above a flared foot, tapering neck and flared rim, two lateral strap handles (one absent) and broad thumb-rest with scooped slot to upper edge; applied bands of painted hatching in strap...

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Lot n° 45

Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery...

Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora Iron Age, Cypro-Archaic I, 750-600 B.C. The body with encircling red and black bands, the shoulder and neck with concentric circles, two strap handles; repaired. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford,...

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Lot n° 46

Cypriot Painted Terracotta Chalice...

Cypriot Painted Terracotta Chalice Iron Age, circa 700-600 B.C. Broad drum-shaped body with small foot, slightly everted rim, two lateral strap handles; painted bands to the lower body, handles and rim, vertical hatched and herringbone bands to the sidewall....

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Lot n° 47

Cypriot Painted Amphora with Double...

Cypriot Painted Amphora with Double Strap Handles Archaic Period, circa 750 B.C. With narrow trumpet-shaped foot, broad shoulder and ribbed lateral handles; painted circumferential bands to the inner neck, rim and body, hatched panels and symbols to the...

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Lot n° 48

Very Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware...

Very Large Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora Iron Age, Cypro-Geometric, 950-850 B.C. Of oblate profile with narrow base, two lateral loop handles to the shoulder, broad neck and flared rim to the mouth; painted bands of circumferential geometric ornament,...

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Lot n° 49

Cypriot Limestone Head of a Goddess...

Cypriot Limestone Head of a Goddess Circa 2nd-3rd century B.C. Carved in the round, head of a female wearing her gown over the top of her head; sombre facial features and elongated neck, the hair dressed in radiating segments; mounted on a custom-made...

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Lot n° 50

Cypriot Black on Red Polished Ware...

Cypriot Black on Red Polished Ware Vessel Collection Iron Age, circa 9th-7th century B.C. Mixed group including vases, flasks and other types, with painted detailing. Cf. Morris, D., The Art of ancient Cyprus, Oxford, 1985, fig. p.43, pl.35, for similar....

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