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LOT 0479

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

EGYPTIAN BRIGHT BLUE FAIENCE SHABTI
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
2 1/8 in. (7.05 grams, 54 mm).

Mummiform figure with facial detailing and wearing a lappet wig. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Schlögl, H., and Brodbeck, A., Ägyptische Totenfiguren aus öffentlichen und privaten sammlungen der Schweiz, Göttingen, 1990, p. 310, no. 223, for a similar Ptolemaic example.

CONDITION
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