A GROUP OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARTEFACTS
EGYPT, NAQAADA TO LATE PERIOD, C. 4TH MILLENNIUM TO 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
African & Oceanic Art, Natural History and Ancient Art
Auction: 30 July 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
collection comprises: a faience tube and spacer bead necklace; two ushabti figures; a faience amulet depicting Horus with a falcon head; three small figural amulets; a Naqada-period flint blade; a terracotta scarab with a sphinx head (likely modern); and a small clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform script (10)
Dimensions
largest piece 12cm tall
Provenance
Cowan Family Collection, Scotland, United Kingdom, acquired in the interwar years and thence by descent