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LOT 0031
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of the Royal Scribe Aahmes
PERSIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (4 3/4 in.) (44.7 grams, 10.7 cm (62.2 grams total, 12.2 cm including stand)).
Mummiform figure wearing a lappet wig and long false beard, arms crossed over the chest; the left hand holds a pick, the right a hoe, and a cord from a small seed bag hangs over the shoulder; plain dorsal pillar; a T-form hieroglyphic text arrangement on the lower body, with the horizontal line reading: 'The illuminated one, the Osiris, the royal scribe Aahmes,' and the central column 'born to Hotep-Bastet, true of voice'; with a wooden display stand bearing the legend 'Ushabti of Aahmes, Royal Scribe, Persian period'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Herne Bay High Street, circa February 1957, for 2 shillings and sixpence.
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.4.
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Shabtis, London, 1935, pl. XLIV, no. 602, for a shabti of the same individual.
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LOT 0031
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of the Royal Scribe Aahmes
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £1,100
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Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Head of Harpocrates
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Opening Bid: £350
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Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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