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LOT 0513
Egyptian Faience Shabti
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
3 in. (13.9 grams, 77 mm).
D-shaped in section with tripartite wig and beard, hands holding agricultural tools to the chest. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from the World Museum, Liverpool, Lymm, 2016, p. 520, no. 274, for similar examples from Abydos.
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