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LOT 0464
Egyptian Pale Blue Faience Shabti
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
2 1/2 in. (9.17 grams, 63 mm).
Mummiform figure with false beard and holding agricultural implements in the crossed hands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Schneider, H.D. Shabtis. An Introduction to the History of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Statuettes with a Catalogue of the Collection of Shabtis in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, Vol.3, Leiden, 1977, p. 79, no. 5.3.4.147, for a similar example.
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