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LOT 0470
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of Djed-Bastet-Iuef-Ankh
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 1/8 in. (99 grams total, 13.1 cm including stand).
Mummiform figure standing on a square plinth, wearing a long lappet wig, a false beard, and fine facial detailing, with crossed arms, the left hand holding a pick and the right a hoe, with the cord of a seed bag suspended from the bag; a plain dorsal pillar; the lower front bearing a vertical panel containing an impressed hieroglyphic text reading: 'The Osiris, Djed-Bastet-iuef-ankh, born to Iset-ir-dis'; mounted on a display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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.112.
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LOT 0470
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of Djed-Bastet-Iuef-Ankh
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £400
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From a mid 20th century collection.
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Opening Bid: £5
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Egyptian Glass Eye Inlays
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Almond-shaped with large black irises and white sclerae. 4.12 grams total, 27-29 mm
Acquired on the UK art market, 1977-1979. Private collection, London.
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