EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION HIEROGLYPHIC SHABTI Late Period, 664-332 BC A finely made pale blue shabti with detailed facial features, ribbed tripartite wig, slender body with high-relief hands holding implements, seed bag to the left shoulder prominent dorsal pillar, vertical band of hieroglyphic text to the lower body. 31 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Fine condition. Provenance Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Literature Cf. Berman, L.M. Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York, 1999, item 350.
EGYPTIAN GLAZED COMPOSITION HIEROGLYPHIC SHABTI Late Period, 664-332 BC A finely made pale blue shabti with detailed facial features, ribbed tripartite wig, slender body with high-relief hands holding implements, seed bag to the left shoulder prominent dorsal pillar, vertical band of hieroglyphic text to the lower body. 31 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Fine condition. Provenance Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s. Literature Cf. Berman, L.M. Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York, 1999, item 350.
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