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LOT 0035
Egyptian Faience Shabti of Qenu-khayes
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1069 B.C.
5 1/8 in. (152 grams, 13 cm).
Light blue faience mummiform shabti with details added in black line, adorned with a tripartite wig and collar, and the arms crossed over the chest with hands holding a pick and hoe, seed bag and water pots, the back decorated with a curved yoke with pots and a brick mould; a central panel of hieroglyphs on the lower half of the figure giving the dedication: sḥḏ wsı͗r ḳnw ḫꜤs mꜢꜤ ḫrw, ‘The illuminated one, the Osiris Qenu-khayes, true of voice’.
Provenance
Formerly in North American collection, 1990s.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
Literature
Cf. Mariette, A., Le Sérapéum de Memphis, Paris, 1857, pl. 14, for comparable shabti types; 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, fig.13, no.22, for the distinctive design of the shabti’s curved yoke.
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LOT 0035
Egyptian Faience Shabti of Qenu-khayes
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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