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LOT 0019
Egyptian Alabaster Shabti of Pharaoh Ramesses VI
NEW KINGDOM, 20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1140-1132 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (431 grams, 14.7 cm).
Formless mummiform shape (head missing), with the lower portions of a lappet wig, schematically represented arms and hands, a collar, and an inscription added in black, with traces of green pigment; the inscription, including two cartouches, reads: 'The illuminated one, the Osiris, Lord of the Two Lands Neb-Maat-Re, beloved of Amun, Master of Appearances, Ramesses', sḥḏ wsı͗r nb tꜢwy (nb-mꜢꜤt-rꜤ mry ı͗mn) nb ḫꜤw (rꜤ-ms.sw). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired March 1977.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.126.
Cf. Loffet, H.C., La Collection Emmacha: Antiquités Égyptiennes 2 – Objets divers, Paris, 2013, pp. 59-61, no. 18, for a similar Ramesses VI shabti with two cartouches and text layout.
FootnotesThis rather rudimentary, peg-like shabti is characteristic of those for Ramesses IV, VI, and VII, as well as of non-royal figurines of the 20th Dynasty. Because of their virtually featureless appearance, which relies entirely on painted details, this shabti type has been referred to as 'à contours perdus' ('with lost outlines').
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LOT 0019
Egyptian Alabaster Shabti of Pharaoh Ramesses VI
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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