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LOT 0418
Egyptian Blue Faience Palestinian Shabti Pair
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (120 grams total, 11.5-11.6 cm).
Two mummiform figures, produced from the same mould, wearing lappet wigs, with arms crossed and hands holding agricultural implements; illegible hieroglyphic text on the lower body; display stand marked 'Ushabti Palestinian 1000-800 B.C.'. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired near the British Museum, circa 1949, at 3 shillings each.
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 nos.7,7a.
Cf. Berlev, O. and Hodjash, S., Catalogue of Monuments of Ancient Egypt: From the Museums of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Caucasus, Middle Asia and the Baltic States, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 17, Fribourg/Göttingen, 1998, pl. 130, no. VIIA.207, for a similar type.
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LOT 0418
Egyptian Blue Faience Palestinian Shabti Pair
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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