AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR TJANHEBU LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. On integral plinth, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, holding a pick and hoe with a seed bag over his left shoulder, with hieroglyphs from Chapter 6 of the Book, inscribed for the high official 'Tjanhebu, born of Tanefertiti' 7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high Provenance Importante y Excepcional Selección de Pinturas, Muebles, Objectos de Arte y Antigüedades, Roldan and Cia , Buenos Aires, 9 June 1981, lot 247; where acquired by Enrique Nagel, Buenos Aires. Acquired from the above by the current owner.
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR TJANHEBU LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C. On integral plinth, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, holding a pick and hoe with a seed bag over his left shoulder, with hieroglyphs from Chapter 6 of the Book, inscribed for the high official 'Tjanhebu, born of Tanefertiti' 7 ¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high Provenance Importante y Excepcional Selección de Pinturas, Muebles, Objectos de Arte y Antigüedades, Roldan and Cia , Buenos Aires, 9 June 1981, lot 247; where acquired by Enrique Nagel, Buenos Aires. Acquired from the above by the current owner.
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