A pale green glazed composition falcon inlay, standing with wings outstretched -- 4 5/8in. (11.8cm.) across; a blackened grey terracotta dummy vessel, the body in the form of a janus-head of Hathor, with protruding cow's ears (one damaged), wearing large crosshatched wig, below each face two arms folded across the breasts, vessel neck missing -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high, both New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX-XX (1307-1070 B.C.); a Nile silt ware piriform juglet, the body decorated with white-filled dots in vertical leaf-shaped zones, on knob foot, neck and handle missing -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, 2nd Intermediate Period (1640-1532 B.C.); a pottery pilgrim flask of circular form with flattened oval base, the body with central Hathor head hanging on either side in relief, neck missing, repaired -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, Ptolemaic period, 3rd-1st Century B.C.; a Hellenistic fragmentary blue glass plaque, moulded with a vase framed by two winged fantastical creatures, iridescent -- 3in. (7.6cm.) across, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-1st Century B.C.; three Samian ware terracotta fragments with foliate decoration, and a lion and lioness -- 3½in. (9cm.) across max., 3rd-5th Century A.D.; a pottery St. Menas pilgrim flask -- 4in. (10.2cm.), 4th-5th Century A.D.; a mouldmade pottery vessel with raised decoration, including Chi-Rho motifs, a fish below handle, a lion and lioness on either side of the neck, makers mark(?) on base, rim and handle missing -- 4¼in. (10.9cm.) high, early Christian period; a Romano-Egyptian fragmentary terracotta of Harpocrates with jar -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, 1st Century B.C./A.D.; an Attic terracotta seated figure of a woman on a throne, wearing polos -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) high, 5th Century B.C.; a pale glass unguentarium -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and a group of items from various periods including four Egyptian style pottery figures, after the Antique(a lot)

Details

A pale green glazed composition falcon inlay, standing with wings outstretched -- 4 5/8in. (11.8cm.) across; a blackened grey terracotta dummy vessel, the body in the form of a janus-head of Hathor, with protruding cow's ears (one damaged), wearing large crosshatched wig, below each face two arms folded across the breasts, vessel neck missing -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high, both New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX-XX (1307-1070 B.C.); a Nile silt ware piriform juglet, the body decorated with white-filled dots in vertical leaf-shaped zones, on knob foot, neck and handle missing -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, 2nd Intermediate Period (1640-1532 B.C.); a pottery pilgrim flask of circular form with flattened oval base, the body with central Hathor head hanging on either side in relief, neck missing, repaired -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, Ptolemaic period, 3rd-1st Century B.C.; a Hellenistic fragmentary blue glass plaque, moulded with a vase framed by two winged fantastical creatures, iridescent -- 3in. (7.6cm.) across, Eastern Mediterranean, 3rd-1st Century B.C.; three Samian ware terracotta fragments with foliate decoration, and a lion and lioness -- 3½in. (9cm.) across max., 3rd-5th Century A.D.; a pottery St. Menas pilgrim flask -- 4in. (10.2cm.), 4th-5th Century A.D.; a mouldmade pottery vessel with raised decoration, including Chi-Rho motifs, a fish below handle, a lion and lioness on either side of the neck, makers mark(?) on base, rim and handle missing -- 4¼in. (10.9cm.) high, early Christian period; a Romano-Egyptian fragmentary terracotta of Harpocrates with jar -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, 1st Century B.C./A.D.; an Attic terracotta seated figure of a woman on a throne, wearing polos -- 3¼in. (8.3cm.) high, 5th Century B.C.; a pale glass unguentarium -- 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and a group of items from various periods including four Egyptian style pottery figures, after the Antique(a lot)

Provenance

Item one: Rev. M. Macgregor Collection. Handwritten ink label giving provenance details on the reverse and suggesting 'XVIIIth dyn., circa 1600 B.C.'
Item five: handwritten ink label on the reverse, reputedly from Cyprus. Item nine: handwritten ink label attached '...AD 320 - Found at Alexandria'.

Lot Essay

Item two: for similar example cf. D. Craig Patch, Reflections of Greatness, The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1990, p. 70, no. 56.

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