AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR MEN LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, his arms crossed on his chest holding a pick and hoe, a seed-bag over his left shoulder, with hieroglyphs from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, inscribed for 'Men, born of Bastet-irdis' 8 2/3 in. (22 cm.) high Provenance Importante y Excepcional Selección de Pinturas, Muebles, Objectos de Arte y Antigüedades, Roldan and Cia, Buenos Aires, 9 June 1981, lot 249; where acquired by Enrique Nagel, Buenos Aires. Acquired from the above by the current owner.
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR MEN LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, his arms crossed on his chest holding a pick and hoe, a seed-bag over his left shoulder, with hieroglyphs from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, inscribed for 'Men, born of Bastet-irdis' 8 2/3 in. (22 cm.) high Provenance Importante y Excepcional Selección de Pinturas, Muebles, Objectos de Arte y Antigüedades, Roldan and Cia, Buenos Aires, 9 June 1981, lot 249; where acquired by Enrique Nagel, Buenos Aires. Acquired from the above by the current owner.
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