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LOT 255994
Egyptian Faience Shabti
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 in. (10.5 grams, 49 mm).
Plano-convex in section with moulded piriform face and wig, tools in the crossed hands. accompanied by an old handwritten note 'faience. Ceramic composed of crushed quartz or quartz sand with small amounts of lime and plant ash or naron. Coated with a bright blue or green glaze or soda[...]' and to verso 'Late period 700-400 BC Ex Margaret Seton-Jones from Flinders Petrie'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Margaret Seton-Jones from Flinders Petrie.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by a hand-written slip with description and provenance.
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LOT 255994
Egyptian Faience Shabti
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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