401. Egyptian Limestone Relief Stele
Estimate: $25,000-$35,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $12,000.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Middle Kingdom
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: New Kingdom, XIX-XX dynasty, 1307-1070 B.C.
Size: 15-1/4”H. x 24-1/4”W.
Description: Sculpted in sunk relief, preserving a figure of the god Osiris to the left, with a wide band of hieroglyphic text at the top identifying him, reading “A gift which pharaoh offers to Osiris, foremost of the Westerners, the one who is perpetually happy, the lord of the necropolis, that he might give..,” to the right, the deceased wearing a festive costume with flaring, pleated sleeves, his face with portrait-like features, raising his arms in adoration before Osiris, five columns of hieroglyphic text between the figures containing epithets of Osiris and a prayer for a goodly burial for the deceased whose partially preserved titles include, “overseer of the shrine…”. Upper right corner reattached, otherwise intact. A beautiful example. Custom bronze plate base.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s. Ex. Christies, NYC., 12/6/2001, sale 9796, lot # 221, ex. Mitsukoshi Department Store, Japan, 1988.
400. Egyptian Sandstone Relief Stele of a Royal Figure
Estimate: $30,000-$50,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $15,000.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Early Ptolemaic period, ca. 304-250 B.C.
Size: 17”H. x 26”W.
Description: Carved in sunk relief with the figure of a king, probably Ptolemy II, facing right, a sphinx holding a libation vessel offered by the king to the god standing at right, the king wearing a broad collar, long beard, and the crown of Upper Egypt with streamers behind, the god wearing bracelets, long beard, and smooth wig, and holding a scepter combining the djed, the Seth-headed Was, and another symbol, fragmentary columns of inscription and two cartouches in the field; remains of red and mustard-yellow pigment. Repaired from two large original pieces and upper left corner repaired from a few original pieces with restoration over the break lines. An exceptional example.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s. Ex. Sothebys, NYC., 12/10/1999, sale 7405, lot # 235, ex. private European collection.
407. Egyptian Mummy Mask from a Sarcophagus
Estimate: $10,000-$12,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $4,750.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Ca. Late period, ca. 700-30 B.C.
Size: 16-1/2”H. x 12-1/2”W.
Description: Large carved wooden mummy mask having a deep green painted face, set with bronze eye frames and brows, and eyes inset. Having very naturalistic facial features. Wearing the royal wig and aegis collar necklace. Some scattered losses to the gesso, painted surface, otherwise intact. Custom metal base. A beautiful example.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
408. Egyptian Exceptional Large Bronze Osiris Figure
Estimate: $25,000-$30,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $12,000.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late Period, XXV-XXVI dynasty, 712-525 B.C.
Size: 10-1/4”H. x 2-5/8”W.
Description: Large and superb cast bronze mummiform Osiris, standing on an integral trapezoid-shaped base, the fisted hands, holding a crook and flail, wearing a broad collar, the royal false beard and atef-crown. Beautifully detailed facial features and overall finely detailed. Scattered blue-green surface patina with a red-brown oxide ground. Very minor loss to left tip of headdress feather, otherwise intact, exc. cond. Old custom tiered bronze base. A top museum quality example.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., ex. Christies, NYC., 12/6/2001, sale 9796, lot # 248, ex. Galerie Orient-Occident, Paris, 1985.
441. Luristan Bronze Daggers (2)
Estimate: $1,500-$2,500
Current High Bid: $750.00
Next Bid Needed: $800.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Ancient Near East – Iran
Culture or Country: Luristan.
Period: Ca. 1st millennium B.C.
Size: 14-1/4”L. & 13-3/8”L.
Description: Two different bronze daggers, including an example having a pommel with opposing roaring lion heads, fancy grip and small stylized zoomorphs at the guard. Blade repaired from two original pieces with old restoration over the break lines. Together with a dagger having a melon section shape pommel and fancy fluted hand grip, which once held a wooden or bone grip. Some scattered minor edge losses, otherwise intact. Both have overall blue-green encrusted surface patinas.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
521. Roman Combination Iron & Bronze Daggers (2)
Estimate: $1,500-$2,500
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $750.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Classical Antiquities – Roman
Culture or Country: Eastern Mediterranean to Middle East.
Period: Ca. 100 B.C. or earlier.
Size: 19”L. & 13-3/4”L.
Description: Two different iron daggers, first a large example having a bronze grip and iron blade, fancy melon section pommel with lugs, fancy ringed hand grip. Overall encrusted blue-green and rust surface patina. Some scattered losses to the blade edges, otherwise intact. Together with a dagger having a bronze grip with a mushroom type pommel, decorated with a basket weave decoration on the hand grip. Iron blade has some minor edge roughness, otherwise intact. Excellent encrusted surface patina. Nice examples.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
572. Egyptian Bronzes, Osiris, Uraeus, Khnuth (3)
Estimate: $600-$900
Current High Bid: $300.00
Next Bid Needed: $325.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late period, ca. 700-30 B.C.
Size: 1-5/8” to 3-1/2”H.
Description: Three ancient Egyptian bronzes, first a standing Osiris wearing Atef crown, beard and holding flail and scepter, symbols of authority. Thick and crusty verdigris patina. Carved wood base, marked 1977. Next an undulating cobra, its hood expanded, poised to strike. Tang base at the end of the s shaped body for attachment to a crown. Old wooden base. Finally, a hollow shaft finial in the form of Khnum, the ram with tripartite wig and wide aegis collar. Couple of ancient chips. Last two with dark green patina.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
583. Egyptian Large Bronze Horus & Isis
Estimate: $4,000-$6,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $2,000.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late period, ca. 716-30 B.C.
Size: 8”H.
Description: Large cast bronze Isis, seated and holding the child Horus in her lap, wearing a long close-fitting dress, striated tripartite wig, and diadem surmounted by horns and sundisk. Beautifully sculpted facial features. Overall scattered blue-green surface patina on a red-brown oxide ground. Feet reattached at ankles and ancient loss to the tip of left horn, otherwise intact, overall exc. cond. A beautiful example. Hardwood block base.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., ex. Sothebys, NYC., 6/4/1998, sale 7143, lot # 251.
582. Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris
Estimate: $4,000-$6,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $1,800.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late Period, ca. 700-30 B.C.
Size: 8-1/4”H. without tang.
Description: Large bronze Osiris standing figure wearing a royal crown, having a central uraeus serpent, missing the maat feathers on both sides of the crown. Wearing the royal braided beard and holding implements in both hands. Overall scattered blue-green surface patina, surface most likely partially cleaned at one time. Repaired break at the ankles. Custom lucite block base.
Provenance: Ex. Arte Primitivo, auct 95, lot # 652, ex. Private NYC collection, by descent from Frishman Galleries, Tel Aviv, acquired 1950s.
581. Egyptian Large Bronze Osiris Figure
Estimate: $2,000-$3,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $1,000.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Third Intermediate period, 21st-25th dynasty, ca. 1070-712 B.C.
Size: 10-1/4”H. x 2-1/2”W.
Description: Large cast bronze figure of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the underworld, standing in mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth. He holds his signature flagellum and short-handled heka scepter (perhaps indicating Thebes as the figures place of origin) in offset arms held across the chest, and has sloping shoulders which trace down to bent elbows. His serene countenance is defined by a broad nose with flared nostrils, pouty lips with indented corners, smooth cheeks, a plaited false beard, and cupped ears, with thin brows surmounting the silver ovoid eyes. The head is capped with an Atef crown replete with a pair of broad ostrich feathers indicative of the Cult of Osiris, a pair of horizontal spiraling ram horns, and a frontal uraeus. Overall green and brown patina envelopes the surface. Lower legs and foot restored. Old wood block base.
Provenance: NYC collection, ex. Norman Blankman collection, NY., 1960s, ex. Art for Eternity, NYC.
580. Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure
Estimate: $1,200-$1,800
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $600.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late Period, ca. 700-30 B.C.
Size: 7-1/8”H.
Description: Cast bronze mummiform, standing Osiris, depicted with fisted hands, holding a crook and flail, wearing the royal false beard and atef-crown. Overall mottled brown-green surface patina. Scattered losses to both headdress feathers and horns, missing most of tang, otherwise intact. Old black painted hardwood base.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
579. Egyptian Large Bronze Osiris
Estimate: $5,000-$8,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $2,500.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: 26th-30th dynasty, ca. 664-342 B.C.
Size: 8-1/8”H.
Description: Large cast bronze Osiris standing on a trapezoidal base, his hands emerging from his cloak and holding the crook and flail, and wearing a long braided beard with sharply projecting tip, broad collar, and the atef-crown with striated plumes and tassel behind. A strongly detailed example. Overall strong blue-green surface patina. Two ancient areas of surface loss on lower legs, otherwise intact. Old black painted wood block base.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., ex. Sothebys, NYC., 12/8/2000, sale 7572, lot # 25, ex. Max Falk collection.
578. Egyptian Large Bronze Osiris
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $1,500.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late period, ca. 700-30 B.C.
Size: 8-1/4”H.
Description: Large cast bronze mummiform, standing Osiris, depicted with fisted hands, holding a crook and flail, wearing a broad collar, the royal false beard and atef-crown. Overall brown-green surface, having once been cleaned and repatinated. Loss to the tips of both headdress feathers and horns, otherwise intact. Old custom tapered hardwood base.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
593. Egyptian Faience Ushabtis (2)
Estimate: $700-$1,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $350.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late period, ca. 700-30 B.C.
Size: 5-1/8”H. & 4”H.
Description: Two different examples, including a blue-green glazed mummiform ushabti, wearing the royal wig and beard, holding royal implements in both hands, seed sack over his left shoulder. Nicely defined facial features. Intact, exc. cond. A nice example. Together with a mottled brown encrusted, blue-green glazed mummiform ushabti. Soft details and a hard to see glyph register on his front legs. Ancient loss to beard and a large patch of glaze loss on his left shoulder. Both have old custom wood block bases.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s. Ex. Sothebys, NYC, lot # 413/3 (smaller ushabti).
592. Egyptian Large Faience Ushabtis (2)
Estimate: $1,400-$1,800
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $700.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late period, ca. 700-30 B.C.
Size: 7”H. & 5-3/4”H.
Description: Both are nicely detailed, tan-green glazed faience pottery mummiform ushabtis. The larger example, wears a striated royal wig and beard, holds well defined implements in both hands, and a seed bag over his left shoulder. Wide horizontal and vertical register of glyphs on waist and front legs. Loss to his beard and repaired break across upper legs, upper portion of figure is tan-green, lower portion is blue-green. Together with a greenish-tan glazed example, having finely detailed facial features, wearing the royal wig and beard. Holding implements in both hands and a seed sack over his left shoulder. Vertical and horizontal glyph bands on legs. Repaired break across knees and some minor scattered losses. Both with old custom wood bases.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
591. Egyptian Large Faience Ushabtis (2)
Estimate: $1,400-$1,800
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $700.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Late Period
Culture or Country: Egypt.
Period: Late period, ca. 700-30 B.C.
Size: 7”H. & 6-3/4”H.
Description: Two large blue-green glazed faience pottery mummiform ushabtis, both wearing the royal wig and beard, and holding implements in their hands. Both have several registers of glyphic inscription on their front legs, under a thick glaze, making the glyphs unreadable. The slightly larger example has been repaired from four large original pieces with break lines visible, and a few small pieces reattached in his feet, some losses along the break lines and a small chip on the tip of his beard. The other example is repaired from four large original pieces with break lines visible. Both are nice examples, which would respond well to a professional restoration. Old custom hardwood block bases.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s. Ex. Sothebys, NYC, lot # 413/4, with old Sothebys label affixed on the underside of both bases.
630. Afghani Pottery Mosque Tiles (3)
Estimate: $750-$1,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $300.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Islamic Art
Culture or Country: Afghanistan.
Period: Ca. 18th century or earlier.
Size: 6-1/4” to 6-3/8”W.
Description: Three different handcrafted glazed pottery tiles, the type used for a Herat Mosque, of various geometric forms. The blue glazed spiral example is repaired from approximately six original pieces with some minor losses along the break lines. The blue glazed geometric tile has losses around the outer border and on the reverse. The multicolor glazed brow form tile has a small reattached tip, otherwise intact.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
620. Egyptian Faience Amulets, Scarabs, Ancient Coins, Pottery Animal, Obsidian Arrow Points (26)
Estimate: $700-$1,000
Current High Bid: —
Next Bid Needed: $350.00
Category: Antiquities
Sub Category: Egypt – Unspecified
Culture or Country: Egypt / Eastern Mediterranean / Tibet & China.
Period: Late Period, ca. 700-30 B.C. for Egyptian.
Size: 7/16” to 4-1/8”W.
Description: Large lot with various examples including three small blue faience ushabtis, one has a reattached foot, otherwise all are intact. A bust fragment of a ushabti. Three Egyptian steatite scarabs, all inscribed. Largest is light blue-green glazed and intact. The two smaller examples have a minor edge chip. A Middle Paleolithic knapped hand axe, marked: “Umm Keis”. Five knapped black obsidian arrow points, one has loss to the tip, otherwise all are intact. Two bronze arrow points, having heavily encrusted blue-green surface patinas. Both have losses. An Egyptian blue-green glazed hippo goddess amulet, intact. A nice example. An Egyptian striding jackal amulet, Intact. A small blue-green glazed Uzat eye amulet, intact. A Greek hand-modeled terracotta horse, Missing tail and right front leg reattached. An antique carved Chinese water buffalo. Intact. An antique small Tibetan lidded silver round container having fancy repousse and relief decoration. Three different ancient bronze coins, and an Egyptian bronze medallion and a silver coin.
Provenance: Collection of Brantley M. Eubanks, CA., 1980s-1990s.
