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41 A Western Asiatic rock crystal amulet of a bird, Western Asiatic, 2nd century BC-2nd century AD, 1.9cm long; and a blue chalcedony mouse, Sumerian, Jemdet Nasr period, c.3100-2900 BC, 3cm long. (2)


Provenance: Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974) collection; and thence by descent to the present owner.


A similarly carved rock crystal bull was sold at Christie’s, New York, 3rd June 2009, lot 48. £200-400*


42 An ivory fragment of a winged figure, probably Roman, 2nd-4th century AD, shown holding a wreath above his head, 6.6cm high £300-400*


43 A group of various Egyptian amulets, of various periods, including a scarab, faience beads, a faience in the form of a djed pillar. (27)


Provenance: Private collection US.


£100-150*


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45 A group of Egyptian amulets and jewellery elements, New Kingdom, late 18th- early 19th Dynasty, c.400-1186BC., length of largest element: 2.8cm and a group of Egyptian amulets and antiquities New Kingdom, c.1550-332 B.C. (a quantity)


Provenance: the first group: Private collection UK, acquired in London in the 1970s.; Provenance: UK private collection, acquired by the owner’s great-uncle between the 1930s-1960s, thence by descent.


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44 A group of gold and silver jewellery comprising a Greek silver ring with gold stud, Greek, c.4th century BC, diam 2.1cm Ring size: K; a group of plain gold jewellery elements in the form of crescent discs, and a gold earring set with ruby to centre four tubular gold attachments below with pearl to each (a quantity)


Provenance: The ring: Private collection Europe, acquired late 19th- early 20th century; the gold discs: UK collection, acquired 1970s-1990s; the earring: Mr and Mrs S. Broukal Collection ormed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956. Thence by descent. £200-300*


For similar examples of 18th and 19th Dynasty flat-backed fruit and floral jewellery elements see Carol Andrews, ‘Amulets of Ancient Egypt’ (British Museum Press, 1994), fig 65.


An example of a complete broad collar incorporating such elements is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York and is illustrated in Cyril Aldred, ‘Jewels of the Pharaohs. Egyptian Jewellery of the Dynastic Period’, London, 1971 no.125. See also Carol Andrews, ‘Ancient Egyptian Jewellery’, London, 1990, pp.122 and 123, no. 105. £500-700*


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