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LOT 0492
Egyptian Faience Hieroglyphic Shabti For Djed-Bastet-iuef-ankh
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1069-702 B.C.
3 1/8 in. (18.9 grams, 80 mm).
With pale blue surface and applied black detailing to hair, seed-bag and tools; faint hieroglyphs to lower body giving the dedication 'The Osiris, Djed-Bastet-iuef-ankh'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection in the 1990s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Schlögl, H., and Brodbeck, A., Ägyptische Totenfiguren aus öffentlichen und privaten sammlungen der Schweiz, Göttingen, 1990, p.232, no. 157, for a similar shabti inscribed for 'Djed-Ptah-iuef-ankh'.
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LOT 0492
Egyptian Faience Hieroglyphic Shabti For Djed-Bastet-iuef-ankh
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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