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LOT 0480

Egyptian Green Glazed Shabti

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

4 7/8 in. (73 grams, 12.5 cm).

With arms crossed at the chest holding pick, hoe and cord for seed bag, dorsal pillar, horizontal and vertical panels to the lower body with hieroglyphic text. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired from Hotel des Ventes, Drouot, in the early 1980s.
Ex collection of a private collector.
Property of a French collector.

Literature

Cf. von Droste zu Hülsdorf, V. and Schlick-Nolte, B., Ägyptische Bildwerke II: Statuetten, Gefässe und Geräte, Melsungen, 1990, pp.161-162, no. 78, for the shabti type.

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LOT 0480

Egyptian Green Glazed Shabti

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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