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LOT 0481
Egyptian Terracotta Shabti
NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH-19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1332-1189 B.C.
3 7/8 in. (45.3 grams total, 99 mm).
Mummiform figure wearing a lappet wig, arms crossed over the chest; back flat; traces of white pigment in places; supplied with a custom-made wooden stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Caledonian market, 16th March 1962, for 5 shillings.
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.93.
Cf. Cavillier, G., Catalogo degli Ushabti del Museo Egizio di Firenze, Volume II: Nuovo Regno (Seconde Parte), BAR int. Ser. 2872, Oxford, 2017,p. 193, no. N.289 (8740), for a similar flat-backed pottery shabti.
FootnotesDuring the late New Kingdom, larger quantities of shabti figurines were provided for the deceased and were often mass-produced using open moulds, leaving the backs flat.
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LOT 0481
Egyptian Terracotta Shabti
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Shabti of Wedjahor
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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'. 63.9 grams, 10.9 cm (81.2 grams total, 12.6 cm including stand)
Acquired 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. -
Egyptian Alabaster Fragment Probably from a Chest with a Representation of Pharaoh Akhenaten
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period, 1379-1362 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Irregular fragment with one dressed face carved with rays of Aten and other detailing. 299 grams, 87 mm
Acquired in April 1980. 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.148.
Scenes depicting Akhenaten and family members often included the prominent Aten sun disc with radiating rays ending in human hands. This fragment appears to show the lower-right side of the disc, with a faint trace of a possible uraeus - typically seen at the bottom centre of the Aten disc. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile Fragment of a Central Clavus
Circa 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wide tunic fragment in coarse linen and purple-violet wool with animal figures enclosed within an orbiculi, the central part of the fragment featuring a geometric decoration of stars and lozenges; mounted on cardboard backing. 45 grams total, 22 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
Among the many fragments from wool tunics, there are several long strips that match to form nearly full-length central pectoral clavi. They are patterned with a profusion of small figures or interlaced abstract designs, birds, plants and animals, with a contrasting border filled with geometric motifs.
