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LOT 0020
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of Nes-pa-her-an
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, CIRCA 980-935 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (84 grams total, 11.4 cm including stand).
Mummiform figure wearing a lappet wig encircled at the top by a black-painted sash, with arms crossed and hands holding black-painted hoes and a seed bag across the back; eyes and brows detailed in black; with a column of hieroglyphic text in black on the lower body, reading: 'The Osiris, Nes-pa-her-an'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.113.
Cf. Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from the World Museum, Liverpool, Lymm, 2016, pp. 291-292, nos. 137a-b, for other shabtis of Nes-pa-her-an.
FootnotesNes-pa-her-an's shabtis were recovered from the so-called 'Priests of Amun Cache' discovered in 1891 in the mortuary temple complex of Queen Hatshepsut.
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LOT 0020
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of Nes-pa-her-an
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £150
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £5
Three fragments from three highly decorated blue-painted vessels. 545 grams total, 11.5-18 cm
Acquired in February 1978. 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.140.
The distinctive blue colour on these pottery fragments came from a cobalt-and-aluminium slip that reacted during firing.
