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LOT 0024
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Shabti of Wedjahor
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
4 1/4 in. (5 in.) (63.9 grams, 10.9 cm (81.2 grams total, 12.6 cm including stand)).
Mummiform figure wearing a plain tripartite wig with horizontal line detailing at the lappet ends, a braided false beard, a finely modelled face, arms crossed with the left hand holding a pick and the right a hoe, and a tightly twisted cord of a long rectangular seed bag, which hangs over the left shoulder; seven horizontal bands of hieroglyphs on the body, with an eighth on the foot, and more entirely filling the dorsal pillar, giving Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead; with a display stand bearing the legend 'Ushabti of Wedjahor XXVI Dyn'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at Michael's, Crawford Street, 6th January 1960, £3:5:0 for two.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.69A.
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LOT 0024
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Shabti of Wedjahor
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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