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LOT 0012

Egyptian Faience Ushabti

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 7/8 in. (134 grams, 15 cm).

Mummiform figure with black-pigment facial detailing, sidelock, tripartite wig, dorsal seed-net, tiered collar and vertical panel of hieroglyphic text.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12848-241648.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2015.050.002-.005, for four shabtis of Hori, similar to the example here.

CONDITION
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LOT 0012

Egyptian Faience Ushabti

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)

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