Lot Essay
Cf. J-F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, pl. 3, figs. 5 and 6 for an identical figure from the Omar Pasha Collection (no. 353).
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AN ALABASTER SHABTI
EARLY DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1500 B.C.
The mummiform figure wearing a beard and tripartite wig, with large ears, sensitively modelled face with thick lips, mounted
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
EARLY DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1500 B.C.
The mummiform figure wearing a beard and tripartite wig, with large ears, sensitively modelled face with thick lips, mounted
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
Exhibited
Le Don du Nil, p. 58, pl. 187, no. 187.