17 An Egyptian inscribed alabaster lid from a cosmetic vessel for the High Priest Ptahmes, 18th Dynasty c.1550-1292BC, and another lid disc-shaped, with museum inventory number wrote in red ink, Late Period, c.664-332 B.C., 5.5cm and 7cm diam. (2)


Provenance: Theodore Leavitt Collection, New York, acquired before 1950, thence by descent. £200-400*


18 A group of six Egyptian glazed composition necklaces, Late Period, after 600 B.C.; and another. (7)


Provenance: Bonhams, 13 April 2011, Lot 506; By descent from the Belgian archaeologist Eleonore Bille-de-Mot (1903-1987). She was assistant to the Belgian Egyptologist, Jean Capart and worked with him in Egypt. His excavations included Tell Heou (1927) and El Kab (1935, 1938, 1945-46). £200-250*


21 A group of seven Roman-Egyptian mosaic gaming pieces Romano-Egyptian, 2nd-4th century AD. (7)


Provenance: Private collection New York, acquired 1970s.


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For an example of a mosaic glass gaming piece see Christian E. Loeben and André B. Wiese, ‘Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo! Die ägytische Sammlung des Konditorei- und Kaffeehaus-Besitzers Archille Groppi (1890-1949)’.


19 An Egyptian vessel, Early Dynastic period, 1st Dynasty, 2972-2793BC, in the form of a tapering vase on flat base, 7cm high


Provenance: Private Collection (G.H.) Germany, acquired prior to 1970. £100-200*


20 A group of hardstone gaming pieces, Roman, 2-4th century AD, of domed form, height 2-3.8cm. (12)


Provenance: Private collection US.


A similar set of gaming pieces excavated at the Roman city of Kanovium (Caerhim) are now in the collection of Llandudno Museum, Wales. £400-600*


(Basel and Hannover 2008), p. 62, no. 7. Also Anastassios Antonaras, ‘Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum’, Yale University Press, 2012, no.508. £300-400*


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