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Click here to subscribeFirst American Edition. Features photographs taken by her close friend, Sam Shaw, and presents intimate portraits of the dynamic sex goddess in ways that only her friends could capture. Includes book jacket. Printed in Spain. Contains 192 pages. Artist: Sam Shaw and Norman RostenIssued: 1988Dimensions: 10"W x 10.75"HManufacturer: Henry Holt and CompanyCountry of Origin: New York, United StatesCondition: Age related wear.
A collection of medals Two Victorian Egypt 1882 medals one with no inscription the other with worn inscription. Two First World War medals with miniatures awarded to 45927PTE F.A Billingham. and two other I world war Medals M.G.C.and Police Medals George VI Frederick Stafford and Ernest J Martin for faithful service.
Kim Tschang Yeul, Ohne TitelÖl auf Hanfstoff 60 x73 cm. Gerahmt. Signiert und datiert 'T. Kim - 83'. Seitlich auf dem umgeschlagenen Hanfstoff signiert 'T. Kim' und beschriftet 'P.A. 84013 -84'. - Mit geringfügigen Altersspuren.ProvenienzGalerie Diana Küppers, Düsseldorf; Privatsammlung, Berlin"I discovered the water drop one morning after working at night. Quite dissatisfied with myself, I had splashed some water with my hands on the back of the canvases. And I noticed that the water drops stayed there and were shining on the canvas. It was extraordinary. I thought: that's what I have to do. I wondered if I could make art out of this. At that time, I wanted to break away from the experience of the war. When I discovered the water drop, I thought I had found a playing ground that could be my own. It also reconnected me back to eastern philosophies like Taoism and Zen Buddhism. My first show at Knoll International was very well received. Poet Alain Bosquet wrote a very good review in the newspaper, Combat and a lot of people came, including Salvador Dali, who wrote in the guestbook, cela égale en magnificence la Gare de Perpignan-this equals in magnificence the train station of Perpignan!" (Kim Tschang-Yeul: Art Without Ego, Ocula Magazine Conversation, Vivian Chui, New York 2019,
1981-2007 A.D. Nigel Pickford and Michael Hatcher - The Legacy of the Tek Sing - Cambridge. 2000, hardback with dustwrapper, 176 pp; Jane Portal - The First Emperor - London, 2007, hardback with dustwrapper, 240 pp; Qian Hao et al - Out of China's earth - London, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 206 pp, 4.65 kg total, 33.5 x 26 - 28 x 21.5 cm (13 1/4 x 10 1/4 - 11 x 81/2 in.). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. [3, No Reserve]
1969-2000 A.D. Terence Du Quesne - Jackal at the Shaman's Gate - Thame, 1991, card covers, 135 pp; Theodore M. Davies - The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou with The Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya - London, reprinted 2000, card covers, 68 pp, 78 plates; Zaki Y. Saad - The Excavations at Helwan: Art and Civilization in the First and Second Egyptian Dynasties - Oklahoma, 1969, hardback with dustwrapper, 207 pp; Discussions in Egyptology vols. 10,11,12 - Oxford, 1988, card covers. 2.18 kg total, 19 x 13 - 29.8 x 21 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 - 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. [6, No Reserve]
Circa 2300-2200 B.C. and later. Comprising: an Akkadian example with a heroic scene carved in shell, accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Cylinder Seal of White Marble, 18 x 10 mm. The design shows hero in the middle, succouring on either side a domestic quadruped on its hind legs, each being attacked by a lion. This is an Akkadian seal from Mesopotamia or West Iran, c. 2300-2200 B.C. The surface is somewhat worn.'; a haematite seal engraved with a walking dog or wolf with three stars above, rosette to the back; a carnelian seal engraved with a group of worshippers wearing long robes and Median caps, tree motif to the back. 7.62 grams total, 13-18 mm (1/2 - 3/4 in.). The first property of a London gentleman; part of his family collection since the 1970s. Academically researched and catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the 1980s. The other examples the property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1995. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. Accompanied by a original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. [3, No Reserve]
Late 3rd millennium B.C. Haematite with the weather and storm god Adad standing of his symbol animal (the bull), holding in his left hand the lightning-fork, faces the suppliant goddess Lama; inscription: 1: dingir bi/ga ud … mi-lik … / 2: dumu A-bi-zum 'son of Abizum,' / 3: ìr ?nin-si4-an-na 'servant of Ninsianna' / 4: ù ?kab-ta 'and Kabta'. See Collon, D., First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, for discussion; Cylinder Seals III: Isin~Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods, London, 1986, no.446-461; for the inscription, l. 3-4 cf. ibd., no.477 and 594. 18.4 grams, 28 mm (1 1/8 in.). Ex Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. [No Reserve]
1st millennium B.C. With short columnar base and bulbous upper body, broad rim with pouring lip. Cf. Squitieri. A., Eitam, D. (ed.), Stone tools in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Ground stone tools, rock-cut installations and stone vessels from Prehistory to Late Antiquity, Oxford, 2019, pp. 237-238, and 275, for examples of similar type. 4.85 kg, 13 cm (5 1/4 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.The later (2nd -3rd century A.D.) Rabbinic tradition emphasised the difference between the permanent mortar (makhtesh kevua) and the movable one (makhtesh metaltelet), with the first being automatically sold with the house, but the second sold only if expressly stated by the vendor. This form of movable mortar was common in the Levant throughout the second half of the 1st millennium B.C. [No Reserve]
Early 2nd millennium B.C. Haematite with a robed figure with beard and cap facing a robed female(?) with hands raised, rosette between their faces and rings below; a tall winged figure grasping an ibex by the rear legs and a small human by one arm, above an advancing lion; a facing hero grasping the forelegs of a griffin with a kneeling figure between and winged solar disc above, chipped. Cf. Collon, D., First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, item 275, for type. 14.1 grams, 26 mm (1 in.). From the Rihani family collection, formed 1970-1980s. From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK. From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent. [No Reserve]
1st millennium B.C. Of bulbous profile with rounded underside and trumpet-shaped mouth, painted zoomorphic frieze to the shoulder. 740 grams, 15.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. [No Reserve]
1st millennium B.C. With rounded profile, low foot and rounded everted rim to the mouth, painted horizontal bands to the shoulder enclosing a frieze of zebus. 819 grams, 18 cm (7 in.). Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. [No Reserve]
1st millennium B.C. With fusiform body and broad carinated rim, short stem and flared base; circumferential painted bands and frond motifs. 428 grams, 21.5 cm (8 1/4 in.). Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. [No Reserve]
Roman, 1st-3rd century A.D. or later. Roughly spherical stone cobble with impact scar. See Wilkins, A., Roman Imperial Artillery, Solway Print, 2017. 973 grams, 81 mm (3 1/8 in.). From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.The operation of the onager (Latin for 'wild ass') is first mentioned in 353 A.D. by Ammianus Marcellinus in his Res Gestae and more fully in Vegetius's Epitoma Rei Militaris probably written in the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (378-395 A.D.). [No Reserve]
51-55 A.D. Depicting Nero as a young boy, either as crown prince or within the first year of his reign in his first known portrait type, unequivocal with his long hair fringe. For the bust type cf. denarius of Nero and Agrippina dating to 55 AD; Roman Silver Coins: RSC 4, Roman Imperial Coins: RIC 7, and Roman Coins and their values, Sear 2044. 2.17 grams, 17 mm (5/8 in.). Ex Paul Munro Walker collection, Bournemouth, UK, 1970s. Private collection of Alexander Cotton, Hampshire, UK, sold October 1986. From a gentleman's London, UK, collection, in the 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12104-216215.Dr Ittai Gradel writes: 'Date is AD 51-55. On most glyptic portraits from shortly after he became emperor, so 54-55, he is shown laurelled .. However, on the coins he is shown also bare-headed even as emperor in 54-55 (second coin, denarius). Again, on coins his bust is shown draped only before he became emperor in 54 (first coin, aureus), but cameos show him draped also as emperor (as e. g. the Marlborough one: but there are several known). It is therefore not possible to say if the emerald shows him as crown prince or as emperor, and I cannot date it more precisely than 51-55.'
Neolithic Period, circa 8th-5th millennium B.C. Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information; cf. Noriyuki, S., ‘A missing Chapter of the Desert Fayum: Fayum Lithic Artefact Collection in the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam’ in Archéo-Nil, no.21, april 2011, pp.115-146, pls.4,6, for the type. 132 grams total, 22-61 mm (7/8 - 2 3/8 in.). UK gallery, early 2000s.Most of these Western desert arrowheads found in the area of North Africa, from East Sahara to Fayum, fall in the first half of the 6th millennium B.C. and some may be dated back to the late 7th millennium B.C. In addition, the tanged arrowheads and leaf-shaped arrowheads, similar to the Fayum examples, are well-known in the Pottery Neolithic Culture of the southern Levant during the late 7th-early 6th millennia B.C. [50, No Reserve]
Circa 13th-14th century A.D. Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41. 2.29 grams, 28 mm (1 1/8 in.). Found whilst searching with a metal detector on a medieval site in Wiltshire in the mid 1980s.The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD. [No Reserve]
13th century A.D. Shield-shaped, azure with a lion rampant argent, the arms of Roger de Montalt. 13.6 grams, 45 mm (1 3/4 in.). Found near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Accompanied by copies of typed catalogue information slips.Roger de Montalt was the first Baron Montalt, who rebelled against Henry III of England. He was one of the defenders of Cambridge for Henry III and during the reign of Edward I, he served overseas in the Gascon wars.
13th-14th century A.D. Formed as a cross-crosslet on a square sheet plaque, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with the remains of an iron pin to verso; very rare formed as a square plaque. Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41. 2.05 grams, 21 mm (7/8 in.). Found Essex, UK. Property of an Essex collector.The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD. [No Reserve]
Circa 13th-14th century A.D. Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border. Cf. Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986, items 939-41. 1.41 grams, 24 mm (1 in.). Found Cambridgeshire, UK.The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD. [No Reserve]
3rd-2nd millennium B.C. With slightly sloping sidewall and everted rim, narrow foot; painted geometric bands. 425 grams, 14.5 cm wide (5 3/4 in.). Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. [No Reserve]
3rd-2nd millennium B.C. With slightly sloping sidewall, flat shoulder and everted rim to the broad mouth; painted geometric bands to side and shoulder; chipped. 600 grams, 16 cm wide (6 1/4 in.). Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. [No Reserve]
3rd-2nd millennium B.C. Bell-shaped in profile with painted horizontal bands, scale pattern below. 290 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. [No Reserve]
3rd-2nd millennium B.C. With carinated profile and flared rim; painted band of geometric shapes reserved on a painted field to the shoulder. 168 grams, 12 cm wide (4 3/4 in.). Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. [No Reserve]
Found June 1967 A.D. A highly polished rectangular slice of the Seymchan meteorite with an exceptional number of transparent olivine inclusions, repaired. See Graham, A.L., Bevan, A.W.R. & Hutchison, R., Catalogue of Meteorites, London, 1985, p.323; report of geologist F. A. Mednikov (Magadan, USSR) in a letter, VIII 15, 1967 and of V. 1. Zvetkov (Moscow, USSR) in a letter X 17, 1967; see also Meteoritical Bulletin No.43, Moscow (1968) and database. 62.4 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.The main mass of 272.3 kilograms was found during a survey in June 1967 by geologist F. A. Mednikov. The mass was a triangular-shaped thumb printed meteorite lying among the stones of the brook bed. A second specimen of 51 kilograms was found with a mine detector at a distance of 20 meters from the first in October 1967 by I. H. Markov. During a new expedition in 2004, Dmitri Kachalin recovered about 50 kilograms of new material. Remarkably, about 20% of the new specimens were found to contain olivine crystals, and so revealed the silicate nature of the meteorite. The pallasitic structure was not previously discovered during studies on small metal-only sections of the original mass. The distortion of the Widmanstatten patterns is interpreted as shearing of the superheated meteorite as it broke up in the Earth's atmosphere. [No Reserve]
3rd-2nd millennium B.C. Carved with squat, vertical sidewall and everted rim, frieze of entwined snakes with opposed heads between raised bands around the body. Cf. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, p. 326, for similar. 881 grams, 17 cm (6 3/4 in.). Acquired from a French gallery in 1982; thence by descent.The stone is likely chlorite.
1464-1470 A.D. First reign, light coinage. Obv: facing crowned bust, quatrefoil either side of neck, C on breast, within tressure of nine arcs, large fleurs on cusps, initial mark sun (1467-70). Rev: long cross, dual concentric inscriptions around trio of pellets in each inner angle, CIVI TAS COVE TRE for Coventry mint, rose mintmark (1464-5). S.2008, N.1581. 2.44 grams, 23 mm. . From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
21st Dynasty, 1077-943 B.C. Applied black pigment to the wig, eyes, two hoes, seed bag at the reverse, and a vertical panel of hieroglyphic text on the lower body with the dedication: 'The Osiris, the Priest of Amun Mi, true of voice'. 132 grams, 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). Probably from a priests’ cachette at Luxor. Acquired in Egypt by Lieutenant James Alexander Goodman in the 1920s. Thence by descent to his grandson.Lieutenant Goodman served in the 4th Battalion Welsh Regiment during World War I and saw action in Palestine during the capture of Bethlehem, (for which he won an MC). After the war, he setup a business selling Fordson trucks and tractors in Alexandria, Egypt. A keen antiquarian, he collected ancient objects during his time in Alexandria and when he visited the pyramids at Giza. After his first marriage failed, he returned to the UK in the early 1930s. On his death in 1959, he passed his small collection of Egyptian objects on to his second wife, Ruby Goodman. On Ruby’s death in 1994, they were left to their second daughter, Rosemary Johnson, (née Goodman), and are currently in the possession of her son.
1422-1430 A.D. Annulet issue. Obv: facing bust with +HENRICVS REX ANGLIE legend. Rev: long cross and pellets with annulet to first and third quadrants with CIVITAS LONDON legend for London mint. S.1844, N.1431. 0.82 grams, 16 mm. . Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Yorkshire, UK. [No Reserve]
1163-1201 A.D. Class E. Obv: profile bust left with crescent left and star right with +BOAHVNDVS legend. Rev: small cross with crescent in first quarter with +ANTIOCHIA legend for Antioch mint. M.400-403, CCS Antioch 62. 1.01 grams, 17 mm. . Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
1163-1201 A.D. Class E. Obv: profile bust left with crescent left and star right with +BOAHVNDVS legend. Rev: small cross with crescent in first quarter with +ANTIOCHIA legend for Antioch mint. M.400-403, CCS Antioch 62. 0.79 grams, 18 mm. . Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. [No Reserve]
Italian, Lombardy, circa 1480 A.D. Rectangular panel with cartapesta relief of Virgin and Child carved in the half-round; Mary seated, nimbate with hands pressed together in prayer, infant lying across her lap, flanked by four winged angels in poses of adoration; gilt surface with pink flesh tones; inscribed to base 'SALVE REGINA MATE[R MISERICORDIAE]' (Hail Mother the Queen). Cf. similar relief in Metropolitan Museum, accession no.1974.126.4, from North-Italy, 15th century in Castelnuovo-Tedesco, L. and Soultanian, J., Italian Medieval Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010, no.51, pp.255–259. 1.07 kg, 36.5 x 27 cm (14 3/8 x 10 5/8 in.). German private collection, 2019. Ex central London gallery. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12056-217445.Like all the ancient and medieval statues, this artwork was also originally lavishly painted and most of the colours are still visible with gold and red and light blue being the main colours used for Saint Mary. Interestingly, the inscription recalls the three first words of the Cluny prayer to the Virgin Mary: SALVE REGINA, MATER MISERICORDIAE (Hail Holy Queen Merciful Mother), used by the Templars as a war song. [No Reserve]
17th century A.D. Rectangular vellum leaf with hand-coloured composite scene: top left, Mary in blue mantle holding infant Jesus on her knee, addressing a standing robed figure, red Coptic text above 'How the man with a club foot prayed to Our Lady Mary that she might heal him when he saw the bishop's chastisement'; below left, six standing male figures in colourful robes looking left and a seventh turned to the right with an oversized shoe, red Coptic text above the group 'these are the congregation and this is how he hid his foot with his clothing' and the rightmost figure 'this also is the man with the club foot'; right, seated cleric wearing a mitre beneath a canopy, addressing a group of five followers and pointing to a standing man raising his robe to show his leg, red Coptic text in three panels 'Here is the bishop who asked the Frank that his foot might be healed', 'These are the congregation' and ' How he was healed and how the stone fell from his foot'; mounted in a glazed wooden frame with reveal. Cf. similar manuscript of first Gonderine Period in the Art Institute of Chicago, Bound Manuscript: The Miracles of Mary (Te'amire Maryam), 1667-1706, reference no.2002.4, folio 110; Wallis, Budge, E.A.W., The miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and The life of Hannâ (Saint Anne), and The magical prayers of ?Ah?ta Mîkâêl, London, 1900, pls.LXVII-LXVIII; Berzock, K.B., The Miracles of Mary: A Seventeenth Century Manuscript, Chicago, 2000; Mercier et al., L'Arche éthiopienne: Art Chrétien d;Ethiopie, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2000, pp.129-130. 1.88 kg total, 47.2 x 44 cm (18 5/8 x 17 1/4 in.). Collection of David Buxton (1913-2003), author of 'Travels in Ethiopia', 1949.The image refers to the 'Miracle of the Lame Man' in which a man, who had been born lame, prayed before the shrine of the Virgin Mary and was healed. Here, the lame man shows the Archbishop his leg, and explains how he had been healed. [No Reserve]
Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-900 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). 0.48 grams, 8 mm (1/4 in.). From an early 20th century French collection.The goddess Bastet was believed to be the daughter of the sun god and was shown with the features of a lion up until about 1000 B.C. when she was first portrayed as a cat or human with a cat head. As the daughter of Ra she was associated with the rage inherent in the sun god's eye which was considered to be his instrument of vengeance. Her development into a cat goddess occurred during the New Kingdom but did not fully develop until the Late Period. She was still associated with the destructive power of the sun and was shown on the prow of the solar boat, decapitating the evil serpent Apophis in the Book of the Dead. The maternal, protective and hunting characteristics of the cat are obvious in Bastet and she was seen as a protector of pregnant women and young children. In the Pyramid Texts she is invoked by the deceased king to act as his protector and to help him reach the sky to join the sun god; the king proclaims that Bastet is his mother and nurse. Like her counterpart, Sekhmet, Bastet has an aggressive side and, in a text from Karnak, Amenhotep II described his enemies being slaughtered like the victims of Bastet. The goddess had a shrine at Karnak, where she is known as the 'Lady of Asheru' which aligns her closely with the goddess Mut, the consort of Amun-Ra. Her most famous shrine was in the north-east Delta region, at Bubastis, and was known as Per-Bastet or 'the House of Bastet.' Herodotus describes the festival of Bastet as one of the most elaborate in all of Egypt and identifies her with the Greek Artemis. Cemeteries of cats have been excavated at Bubastis and at Saqqara and Memphis.
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Each a square-section column with flared base, transverse ribs, pierced at the top. Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p.166, no. 322, for similar. 1.29 grams total, 23 mm each (1 in.). From the collection of Doctor Girard, a collector for over 60 years. with Hotel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand, 22 May 2017. Property of a French collector.The djed pillar signifies the concepts of 'enduring' and 'stability' and was a common funerary amulet from the Old Kingdom onwards. It was first associated with the gods Ptah and Sokar but later became a symbol of Osiris, representing the god's backbone. In this context, the djed pillar appears in Chapter 155 of the Book of the Dead, concerned with the deceased's resurrection. [2, No Reserve]
Dated 1917 A.D. Profile bust of an Egyptian male in nemes headcloth with uraeus to the brow, wesekh segmented collar; signed bottom right 'Howard Carter, 1905'; board to reverse with pencilled note 'Hatshepsu' and inked 'Watercolour painting signed H carter 1905 / remnants of an old Philips auction label on verso', with pencilled star motif. Cf. Davis, T.M., The Tomb of Hâtshopsîtû, London, 1906, plate facing p. 22, for Howard Carter's version of the same image produced for Theodore M. Davis' publication of Hatshepsut's tomb. 898 grams total, 38.5 x 31 cm (15 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.). with old Phillips label to the verso.Hatshepsut was the longest-reigning female ruler in Egyptian history (1473-1458 B.C.), who undertook several military expeditions. Howard Carter's father, Samuel, was an illustrator for the Illustrated London News in the later 1800s. In 1891, Howard Carter accompanied Percy Newberry on an expedition focussing on First Intermediate Period tombs at the Middle Egyptian site of Beni Hasan, from which many of his original pieces survive. During his time at El-Amarna, the excavator Flinders-Petrie took Carter to visit the newly discovered royal tomb of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Carter made some sketches there which were published in The Daily Graphic on March 23, 1892, accompanying Petrie’s article on the tomb. These sketches were the first Egyptian drawings published by Howard Carter, and the first to convey the uniqueness of Amarna art to the European public. [No Reserve]
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Comprising a bronze frame with a delicately modelled tear duct, inset with a white hardstone scalera and a large black glass pupil. Cf. Lacovara, P., Teasley Trope, B., and D’Auria, S.H., The Collector’s Eye: Masterpieces of Egyptian Art from The Thalassic Collection, Ltd., Atlanta, 2001, p.120, no.70, for similar inlaid eyes with faience frames. 33 grams, 62 mm (2 3/8 in.). Ex AB collection, 1920s-1930s. Accompanied by an old collection ticket.Mummy masks were used as a protection over the deceased and were first introduced during the First Intermediate Period. The eyes were thought to fend off evil by reflecting it back to the one bestowing it.
27th-30th Dynasty 525-343 B.C. Olive-green with dorsal pillar, false beard and agricultural tools; vertical band of hieroglyphic text to the lower body and another to the dorsal pillar. 48 grams total, 11.4 cm including stand (4 1/2 in.). Acquired in Egypt by Lieutenant James Alexander Goodman in the 1920s. Thence by descent to his grandson.Lieutenant Goodman served in the 4th Battalion Welsh Regiment during World War I and saw action in Palestine during the capture of Bethlehem, (for which he won an MC). After the war, he setup a business selling Fordson trucks and tractors in Alexandria, Egypt. A keen antiquarian, he collected ancient objects during his time in Alexandria and when he visited the pyramids at Giza. After his first marriage failed, he returned to the UK in the early 1930s. On his death in 1959 he passed his small collection of Egyptian objects on to his second wife, Ruby Goodman. On Ruby’s death in 1994, they were left to their second daughter, Rosemary Johnson, (née Goodman), and are currently in the possession of her son.
Circa 8th century B.C. Three-lobed mouth with elongated beak, truncated-conical neck, shoulder with a convex profile, biconical body, low and flat foot, double rod handle set on the mouth and shoulder; small hole below equator. 592 grams, 21 cm high (8 1/4 in.). Showplace Auction Centre, auction 308, lot 174. Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 23.09. Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.There is a similar vessel in Collection CA p18 n17 without decoration. The form is the same (height 25cm). Different varieties of it are known depending on the high or short neck, the flattened or globular or ovoid body, the flat or ring-shaped or splayed foot, the ribbon-like handle or the single or multiple rod. The known specimens come from different localities: Narce, Faleri, Bisenzio, Vetulonia, Tarquinia, Volsiniese countryside, upper Fiora valley. For parallel with ribs, see Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig, p. 19, E 9, Schnabelkanne aus Impasto, first half seventh century, height 22.6cm. The shape of this handmade pot is particularly bold and simple. The few attached ribs, the bar handles brought together at the top, the high neck and the steep, cloverleaf-shaped mouth form ascending lines, but at the same time contribute to the balance of the shape due to their curve. These pots have primarily been found in Bisenzio, where they were probably made.
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