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LOT 0465
Egyptian Faience Shabti
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (41.6 grams, 10.5 cm).
Mummiform figure with plain dorsal pillar, standing with arms crossed and holding agricultural implements, seedbag suspended over the left shoulder; wearing a tripartite wig and a false beard; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx H Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Janes, G., The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from the World Museum, Liverpool, Lymm, 2016, p. 499 no. 262 (3.2.87.1b), for a similar shabti in the World Museum, Liverpool.
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