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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN BRONZE FINIAL FIGURE OF BES
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Standing on top of column with hands on hips, a plume in each hand, wearing feathered headdress, mounted, 5.1/8 in. (13 cm.) high; a pottery shabti with remains of black painted wig, mounted, Third Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.), 5.3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high; the upper part of a green glazed composition shabti with column of hieroglyphs at front and back, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; two other glazed composition shabti figures, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high max.; a miniature bronze coffin surmounted by a lizard, 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) long, all Late Period/Ptolemaic; a Romano-Egyptian pottery head of Horus the child, 2nd Century B.C./A.D., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high; a black-stone hedgehog scaraboid with cross-hatched reverse, .7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long; a glazed composition Nubian-headed scaraboid, incised reverse, 7th-6th Century B.C., ¾ in. (2 cm.) long; a plain-ware pottery amphora with pointed base and twin handles, from Carthage, 4th Century B.C., 9½ in. (24 cm.) high; two Italic bronze fibulae, one of leech-shape with elongated catch-plate and decorated with geometric striations, the other decorated with paired knobs, both circa 7th Century B.C., 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) long max.; an Egyptian style bronze cat, mounted, modern, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; seven Tassie-type glass seals, 18th-19th Century A.D., 1¼ in. (3.3 cm.) long max.; a shell cameo of female head, late 19th Century A.D., 1½ in. (3.9 cm.) long; and two glass amuletic bead necklaces
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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Standing on top of column with hands on hips, a plume in each hand, wearing feathered headdress, mounted, 5.1/8 in. (13 cm.) high; a pottery shabti with remains of black painted wig, mounted, Third Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.), 5.3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high; the upper part of a green glazed composition shabti with column of hieroglyphs at front and back, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; two other glazed composition shabti figures, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high max.; a miniature bronze coffin surmounted by a lizard, 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) long, all Late Period/Ptolemaic; a Romano-Egyptian pottery head of Horus the child, 2nd Century B.C./A.D., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high; a black-stone hedgehog scaraboid with cross-hatched reverse, .7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long; a glazed composition Nubian-headed scaraboid, incised reverse, 7th-6th Century B.C., ¾ in. (2 cm.) long; a plain-ware pottery amphora with pointed base and twin handles, from Carthage, 4th Century B.C., 9½ in. (24 cm.) high; two Italic bronze fibulae, one of leech-shape with elongated catch-plate and decorated with geometric striations, the other decorated with paired knobs, both circa 7th Century B.C., 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) long max.; an Egyptian style bronze cat, mounted, modern, 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; seven Tassie-type glass seals, 18th-19th Century A.D., 1¼ in. (3.3 cm.) long max.; a shell cameo of female head, late 19th Century A.D., 1½ in. (3.9 cm.) long; and two glass amuletic bead necklaces
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Provenance
Item one: ink inscribed label on base reading "From the collection of F. G. Hilton-Price Esq., arranged by Sir Whitworth-Wallis/British Museum".