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LOT 0533

Egyptian Brown Faience Shabti

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1069-860 B.C.

2 1/4 in. (7.53 grams, 59 mm).

Mummiform figure with agricultural implements held in crossed arms, wearing a tripartite wig with a painted hair tie. [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. Schneider, H.D. Shabtis. An Introduction to the History of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Statuettes with a Catalogue of the Collection of Shabtis in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, Vol.3, Leiden, 1977, p. 54, no. 4.5.1.13, for a similar example.

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LOT 0533

Egyptian Brown Faience Shabti

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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