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LOT 0542

Egyptian Faience Shabti Collection

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.

2 3/8 - 2 1/2 in. (38.5 grams total, 60-65 mm).

Comprising four mummiform shabtis with worn detail, three blue-glazed. [4]

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, pp. 68-69, nos. 93-94, for examples of similarly crude mould-made faience shabtis.

CONDITION

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LOT 0542

Egyptian Faience Shabti Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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