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Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription
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LOT 0020

Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription

LATE NEW KINGDOM-THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1186-715 B.C.

5 1/2 in. (249 grams total, 14 cm high including stand).

Pale grey glazed composition shabti with black outlining to the wig, eyes and facial features, arms, seed sack and a vertical panel of hieroglyphic text to the lower body dedicating the shabti to 'The illuminated, the Osiris, The God's Father (a priestly title) Pia[..]'; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Ex Marc Delorme, Antiquité Archéologie, France.
From the private collection of Mr & Mrs Gent of Belgium, acquired June 2009.

Accompanied by a handwritten illustrated invoice and two handwritten dealer's tags.

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LOT 0020

Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphic Inscription

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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