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LOT 0018
Egyptian Alabaster Shabti Figure of the Osiris, Kay
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1077 B.C.
6 1/8 in. (297 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand).
Mummiform figure wearing a short lappet wig, with a black-painted broad collar, arms crossed over the chest, holding black-painted agricultural implements; eight columns of black hieroglyphic text surround the figure's lower half, the front central column reading: 'The illuminated one, the Osiris, Kay...'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired privately at Cumberland Coin Fair, Marble Arch, circa 1980, for £75.00.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13492-262899.
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LOT 0018
Egyptian Alabaster Shabti Figure of the Osiris, Kay
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £600
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Egyptian Steatite Statuette of a Boy
Alexandria, 3rd century B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £135
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Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Amenhotep
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 15th-14th century B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Although funerary cones of Amenhotep have been in circulation for a long time, his tomb was documented only in 1996 by Friederike Kampp-Seyfried, who assigned it the number 336.
