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LOT 0025
Egyptian Faience Shabti of the Overseer of Royal Children Horirani
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
3 1/2 in. (32.1 grams, 88 mm).
Mummiform figure standing on a square plinth, wearing a plain, long lappet wig and a long false beard, with a finely modelled face; crossed arms, the left hand holding a pick and the right a hoe and a cord belonging to a plain seed bag suspended over the left shoulder; three horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text on the lower body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Portobello Road, 18th March 1967, for 30 shillings.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.120.
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LOT 0025
Egyptian Faience Shabti of the Overseer of Royal Children Horirani
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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