Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Overseer Shabti

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, CIRCA 980-935 B.C.

5 1/4 in. (131 grams total, 13.1 cm including stand).

Overseer shabti type wearing a duplex wig with a fringed lower portion and the characteristic overseer's apron, with the right hand across the chest holding a whip; mounted on a display stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from Richardson, February 1965, for £2.00.
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.111.

Footnotes

Although uninscribed, this robust figure with a distinctive fringed wig compares to other examples in museum collections (e.g. Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 5: A Selection from the Manchester Museum, Lymm, 2012, 324, nos 184a-b).

CONDITION

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