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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)
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