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LOT 0484
Egyptian Faience Hierogyphic Shabti
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (56.3 grams, 95 mm).
With moulded facial features, tripartite wig, agricultural tools in the crossed hands and a seed-bag to the left shoulder; dorsal pillar; vertical panel to lower body with impressed hieroglyphic inscription: 'The illuminated one, the Osiris, the Controller of the Estates.... (sḥḏ wsı͗r ḫrp-ḥwwt....); lower legs absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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. 67, no. 5.3.1.88, for an example of the type.
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From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
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Egyptian Silver Poppy Amulets
New Kingdom-Late Period, 1550-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Matched pair of amulets with a long cylindrical neck and a spherical body, with a ribbed suspension loop above. 2.12 grams total, 15-16 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1920s-1940s. Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
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