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LOT 0486
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 323-30 B.C.
3 7/8 in. (41.3 grams total, 99 mm).
Typical mummiform type wearing a lappet wig, with arms crossed and hands holding agricultural implements; uninscribed; mounted on a custom-made stand marked 'Ushabti of Pe-du-asar Persian period'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Church Street, 14th December 1957, for 10 shillings.
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.6.
Cf. Schlögl, H.A., and Brodbeck, A., Ägyptische Totenfiguren aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Schweiz, Göttingen, 1990, p. 314, no. 227, for a similar uninscribed type.
FootnotesThe 'Pe-du-asar' on the label likely refers to the individual whose burial Flinders Petrie discovered at Abydos in 1902, which contained many blue-glazed, uninscribed shabtis. However, his shabtis have different hand positions and a glassier, often bichrome, glaze, suggesting that this example comes from a different burial.
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LOT 0486
Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Shabti
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Roman Period, 3rd-4th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cordate in plan and biconvex in section, with a short volute nozzle and low-relief stylised frog detailing on the discus; basal ring enclosing 'B' mark; old collector's ticket: 'Buff terracotta lamp in form of a frog with nozzle standing out from front of lamp. Frog is very stereotyped, beneath B. 3-4th century A.D. Found in Alexandria. From Puys-Aubert collection in Alexandria. March 1963.' 102 grams, 92 mm
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Egyptian Polished Diorite Hammerstone
Early Dynastic Period, circa 3,000 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £5
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