Auction 85 - Antiquities

EGYPTIAN BLUE ENAMEL BREASTPLATE
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty, ca. 1321 - 1186 BC

height cm 13; length cm 15; wide max 1,5

On the main side are depicted the solar boat and two seated gods, Isis and her sister Nephtid. The two goddesses are in adoration before the god Khepri and witness his birth. In origin, inside the cavity, housed the beetle. On the opposite side, the representation of Anubis, Osiris and Horus, with their names in hieroglyphic. Among the funerary and magic protection productions, the pectoral plates are quite rare. Originally they were worn on the breastplate, at heart level. Their use is attested in the New Kingdom and their function is described in the XXVI Chapter of the Book of the Dead. Published: E. Bresciani, Dall'Egitto del Nuovo Regno un pettorale di fayence inedito, Numismatica e Antichità classiche, Vol. XXXIV, 2005, p. 11. Provenance: Monte Carlo, private collection built up in the 60s and 90s.

EGYPTIAN OBSIDIAN TORPEDO FLASK
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd - 23rd dynasty, ca. 9th - 8th century BC

height cm 8,5; diam. cm 2

With tapered belly and pointed end. Lateral handles with duck heads, with horizontal shoulders, forming a right angle with the belly; short and slightly flared neck; flattened lip. Intact. Provenance: French private collection acquired at Galerie Art Olympia on 25 June 1985; ex collection of Revelli Countess.

EGYPTIAN MASK IN FAIENCE BEADS
Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BC

height cm 10; length max cm 13

Ornamental element, usually placed on the mummy's head, to reproduce the face of the deceased. Provenance: Monte Carlo, private collection of Madame V., built up in the 60s and 90s.

EGYPTIAN FAIANCE FLASK WITH BABUINE
Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 - 30 BC

height cm 4,5

Provenance: Monte Carlo, private collection of Madame V., built up in the 60s and 90s.

EGYPTIAN FAIANCE FLASK WITH BES PROTOME
Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 - 30 BC

height cm 5,5

Provenance: Monte Carlo, private collection of Madame V., built up in the 60s and 90s.

EGYPTIAN FAIANCE FLASK WITH UDJAT EYE
Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 - 30 BC

height cm 5,7

Provenance: Monte Carlo, private collection of Madame V., built up in the 60s and 90s.

COLLECTION OF FIVE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 - 30 BC

height max cm 3,2; length max cm 4

In the shape of a gazelle, Sekhmet goddess, a lion, Thot baboon protected by a ram and a dwarf with ram's head. Provenance: Monte Carlo, private collection of Madame V., built up in the 60s and 90s.

COLLECTION OF THREE IMPORTANT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
From New Kingdom to Ptolemaic Period, 16th century BC - 1st century BC

height max cm 7; min cm 3

An egyptian New-Kingdom blue faience glazed fragmentary amulet of Thot ibis, a Ptolemaic Shu god, and finally a seated Renenut with child: the snake-headed goddess is depicted seated on a throne breastfeeding his son the god Nepri (missing head). Behind, a back pillar with an inscription: ink ir s'a, ' -i n pr-f mn : « it's me who creates countryland, I'm useful when she also comes out". The iconography is referrable to the Isis lactans. Published in: E. Bresciani, Un petit groupe d'amulettes et d'objets relatés, Etudes et Travaux XXI, Centre d'Archéologie de la Méditerranée de l'Académie polonaise des Sciences, 2007, p. 22. Provenance: Monte Carlo, private collection of Madame V., built up in the 60s and 90s.

COLLECTION OF FOUR EGYPTIAN FAIENCE UDJAT EYES
Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 - 30 BC

length max cm 3; min cm 1

Provenance: Monte Carlo, private collection built up in the 60s and 70s.

EARLY PARTHIAN TERRACOTTA HORSE
North Iran, beginning of 3rd century BC

height cm 21,5; length cm 30

Large and powerfull terracotta standing figure of a horse, characterized by the typical swollen of front and rear parts the body. Intact, with the original polychromy preserved. Provenance: English private collection, purchased in Tehran from Monouchehr Soleiman Aaron in the 1970s, accompanied by a Polaroid with the word "find in Ardebill (Azarbayjan)".

PARTHIAN BURNISHED HORSE-SHAPED JUG
North Iran, 3rd - 1st century BC

height max cm 20

Provenance: English private collection, purchased in Tehran from Monouchehr Soleiman Aaron in the 1970s, accompanied by a Polaroid with the word "find in Ardebill (Azarbayjan)".

IRANIAN BUFF WARE BOWL
Nishapur, 9th - 10th century AD

height cm 8; diam. cm 20

Characterized by a polychrome decoration composed by wild animals and persian inscriptions, under transparent glaze. Provenance: English private collection, purchased in Tehran from Monouchehr Soleiman Aaron in the 1970s, accompanied by a Polaroid with the word "from Nishabur".