Late Ptolemaic to Early Roman, c. 1st Century BC/AD. A crème buff "Bes Head" jar, with the stylized face of the god on one side. H: 5 ½". Intact and a good example of this type. The god Bes was popular in Late Dynastic to Roman times and was noted as an ancient god of children, games and laughter.
Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A molded stucco face of a Crocodil. rendered and served as a study pieces for a sculpture workshop like the previous lots. A most interesting and seldomly offered type of artifact. 3” x 2 1/8”.
Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A molded stucco head of a pharaoh, wearing the flat-topped head dress. Some weathering, but nice facial features. The piece was found with a multitude of other anatomical parts of humans and animals from a sculptor’s workshop. H: 3 ½”. On custom base
Late Period, 664 – 343 BC. A molded stucco leg found with the previous lot in the workshop as a study piece. Foot and toes well details and was a study of Egyptian canonical proportions. Repaired in 2 places and mounted on a custom base. H: 9 ½”.
Silver necklace with large glass beads, mid-20th century. Nice filigreed work with three large glass beads with multi-blue, red and white colors. Attractive and wearable.
Roman Period, c.3rd - 4th Century AD. A large terracotta anthropoid head from the lid section of a sarcophagus. The facial features are sculpted in an abstract fashion, with an angular brow ridge and nose. Some brownish pigmentation highlights the face and the two long braids of hair painted below the ears as well as a lower border. Across the forehead is a modeled garland or rosette studded head piece. H: 15"; W: 17 ½". Intact with just some minor abraision along the bottom. A most in ...click for details
New Kingdom, c.1500 - 1300 BC. A beautiful necklace composed of deep blue tube beads with bright yellow spacers. The style of the necklace is a single strand which then divides into six strands with 2 modern metal spacers. Each bead is intact and of the fnest quality. L: 19".
Here we have an ancient Egyptian mummy beads with round cylinder in Turquoise Necklace .Also attached in the middle five round carnelian. During the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under pharaoh Narmer-Menes, the first ruler of Dynasty I about 3200 BC, the ancient Egyptian elite relied upon faience beads for the design of their jewelry. One can, therefore, state quite confidently that faience beads are the single most distinctive element incorporated into the design of every luxurious examp ...click for details
Here we have an ancient Egyptian mummy beads with round cylinder in Turquoise Necklace .Also attached in the middle five round carnelian. During the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under pharaoh Narmer-Menes, the first ruler of Dynasty I about 3200 BC, the ancient Egyptian elite relied upon faience beads for the design of their jewelry. One can, therefore, state quite confidently that faience beads are the single most distinctive element incorporated into the design of every luxurious examp ...click for details
Composed of strands of fine, deep blue pottery, tubular beads separated by small yellow disc pottery beads. Modern silver openwork covers at the junction of the bead strands. Modern strung, intact, exc. cond.
Dimension : 18"