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LOT 0511
Egyptian Sky Blue Faience Shabti
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 380-30 B.C.
2 3/8 in. (5.7 grams, 61 mm).
Mummiform figure with a lappet wig and beard. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private collection, London, UK, 1970s-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Martin, G.T. et al., The Tomb-Chapels of Paser and Raia at Saqqâra, London, 1985, p. 26 (no. 55), pl. 31, for examples of 310 complete and 56 fragmentary similar shabtis.
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