Two Egyptian faience shabtis
Two Egyptian faience shabtis
Late Period, circa 664 - 332 BC
with heiroglyphs, including to the back pillar on the smaller,
10.8cm and 10.3cm high,
an Egyptian faience wedjat eye amulet, 2.9cm long, a scarab with heiroglyphs to the base, 5.5cm long, a bronze mirror, 13.7cm dia, a cast brass vessel fragment, a cast brass boss mount, together with a small collection of ephemera relating to Major Arthur Haggard and a trip to Cairo and the pyramids, including photographs of street scenes, pamphlets on The Great Pyramid, a watercolour of Suakin Harbour, Sudan, circa 1886, a Coptic text fragment, bought at Coptic Monastery in Abydo, Feb 1897 and newspaper cuttings relating to the Haggard family.
Provenance
The Egyptian pieces by family repute were acquired in Egypt by the vendors grandfather on a trip with Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
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Two Egyptian faience shabtis
Late Period, circa 664 - 332 BC
with heiroglyphs, including to the back pillar on the smaller,
10.8cm and 10.3cm high,
an Egyptian faience wedjat eye amulet, 2.9cm long, a scarab with heiroglyphs to the base, 5.5cm long, a bronze mirror, 13.7cm dia, a cast brass vessel fragment, a cast brass boss mount, together with a small collection of ephemera relating to Major Arthur Haggard and a trip to Cairo and the pyramids, including photographs of street scenes, pamphlets on The Great Pyramid, a watercolour of Suakin Harbour, Sudan, circa 1886, a Coptic text fragment, bought at Coptic Monastery in Abydo, Feb 1897 and newspaper cuttings relating to the Haggard family.
Provenance
The Egyptian pieces by family repute were acquired in Egypt by the vendors grandfather on a trip with Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
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Time, Location
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