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LOT 0444
Egyptian Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphics
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (80 grams, 13.5 cm).
Mummiform shabti wearing a tripartite wig, with arms crossed and holding a pick and hoe, seed bag suspended over the shoulder; horizontal band to the waist and vertical column to the legs, each with an impressed hieroglyphic inscription.
Provenance
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the early 1980s; thence by descent.
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