Glazed powdered quartz composite (faience), 7.61 grams, 33.58 mm rim diameter. Late Period, circa 664-525 BC, 26th Dynasty. A lid to a container usually deposited in niches in the burial chamber. The piece is in deep turquoise with a rounded upper cone. Reference: cf. Stewart, H. M. Egyptian Shabtis, Princes Risborough, 1995, p.21. Very fine condition. Provenance: ex old English collection.

Glazed powdered quartz composite (faience), 3.42 grams, 48.57 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A deep green faience mount or fitting used in the elaboration of mummies in the complex network of amuletic beads. The piece represents Hapy, one of the four sons of Horus and one of the four Canopic Deities. Baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, falcon-headed Qebhsenuef guarded the intestines, human-form Imsety the liver and jackal-headed Duamutef the stomach. There are two piercings to accept the amulet threads, and recesses where binding threads were passed over the surface. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.45-6. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glazed powdered quartz composite (faience), 17.79 grams, 41.07 mm rim diameter. Late Period, circa 664-525 BC, 26th Dynasty. A type of accompanying container deposited in niches in the burial chamber. The piece is in pale blue with a narrow everted rim and flat base. Reference: cf. Stewart, H. M. Egyptian Shabtis, Princes Risborough, 1995, p.21. Very fine condition. Provenance: ex old English collection.

Stone, 7.78 grams, 33.97 mm. Saite Period 664-332 BC. An inset eye from a mummy cartonage, of human form, used to provide the deceased with vision in the world of the dead. The pupil has become detached in antiquity. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.69. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Copper-alloy, 80 grams, 93.18 mm. Late Period circa 664-525 BC. A cast bronzes of Osiris wearing the atef crown and carrying the symbolic crook and flail, attributes which he inherited after ousting the previous god, Andjety. The amulet has a cast suspension ring behind the shoulders and another at the right ankle. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.47. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glazed powdered quartz composite (faience), 14.79 grams, 41.90 mm rim diameter. Late Period, circa 664-525 BC, 26th Dynasty. A type of accompanying container deposited in niches in the burial chamber. The piece is in pale blue with a shallow everted rim and flat base. Reference: cf. Stewart, H. M. Egyptian Shabtis, Princes Risborough, 1995, p.21. Some cracking to the wall but otherwise very fine condition. Provenance: ex old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 7.53 grams, 46.68 mm. Late Period circa 664-525 BC. A cast bronze of Isis wearing her hair piled into two 'horns' surmounted by a bust of her son, Horus. The amulet has a suspension ring cast behind the headdress, part lost in antiquity. Reference: Flinders Petrie, W.M. Amulets Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, reprinted 1994, p.86. Very fine condition, part of suspension ring lost in antiquity. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 5.20 grams, 41.68 mm. Late Period circa 664-525 BC. A cast bronze of Isis wearing her hair piled into two 'horns' surmounted by a bust of her son, Horus. The amulet has a suspension ring cast behind the headdress. Reference: Flinders Petrie, W.M. Amulets Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, reprinted 1994, p.86. Fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Glazed powdered quartz composite (faience), 16.11 grams, 39.78 mm rim diameter. Late Period, circa 664-525 BC, 26th Dynasty. A type of accompanying container deposited in niches in the burial chamber. The piece is in creamy grey ceramic with a narrow everted rim and flat base. Reference: cf. Stewart, H. M. Egyptian Shabtis, Princes Risborough, 1995, p.21. Very fine condition. Provenance: ex old English collection.