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LOT 0498
Egyptian Wooden Shabti
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1315-1081 B.C.
7 1/2 in. (46 grams, 19 cm high).
A carved wood shabti figure modelled mummiform with arms folded across the chest and wearing a tripartite wig, painted detailing to the front and rear of the body; remains of polychrome pigmentation.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
Cf. Franzmeier, H., Die Gräberfelder von Sedment im Neuen Reich II, Leiden, 2017, pls.1859 and 1865, for similar wooden shabtis found in tombs at Sedment.
FootnotesMany crude wooden shabtis of this type were found at Gurob and Sedment; they range from having minimal decoration and no inscription to being entirely painted and inscribed.
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A white limestone figure of the god Ptah with false beard, wearing an enveloping cloak and a broad wesekh-collar, holding the shaft of a was sceptre; serene, oval face with almond-shaped eyes and fleshy lips; remnants of dorsal pillar to reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.39 kg total, 22.3 cm high including stand
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