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LOT 0018
Egyptian Pale Blue Faience Shabti for Padiosiris
LATE PERIOD, 664-525 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (98.6 grams, 14.5 cm including stand).
Finely modelled face with false beard and tripartite wig; hands holding the pick and the hoe; a seed bag over the left shoulder; plain back pillar; a T-shape arrangement of hieroglyphic text to the front: sḥḏ wsir sm n mnw pꜢ-di wsir(?) ms s(sic) r.t-ir.t-Ꜣst-n-wr.t mꜢʾ ḫrw ‘The illuminated, the Osiris, Sem-(priest ) of Min, God’s Servant, Pa-di-Osiris, born (to) Ret-iret-Isis-en-weret true of voice’; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1990s.
Acquired from St James's Ancient Art, London SW1, circa 2019.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
Accompanied by a St James's Ancient Art certificate of authenticity.
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LOT 0018
Egyptian Pale Blue Faience Shabti for Padiosiris
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
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