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LOT 0523
Egyptian Faience Shabti Collection
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in. (22.7 grams total, 44-60 mm).
Comprising four mummiform figures with tripartite wigs and divine beards. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex H Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s.
Literature
Cf. Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from the World Museum, Liverpool, Lymm, 2016, p. 519, no. 273, for fifteen similar examples from Abydos.
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