Lot Essay
Cf. G. T. Martin, The Royal Tomb at El-Amarna, The Rock Tombs of El-Amarna, Part VII, I, The Objects, London, 1974, no. 135
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A FINE QUARTZITE UPPER PART OF A SHABTI OF AKHENATEN, wearing a nemes-headdress with 'plait' down the back and a uraeus carved on the front, with long beard and pierced earlobes, hands crossed over chest, holding a crook and flail, eyes repainted, on wood mount with winged sun disc and uraei above, a cartouche with dedicatory inscription below, shabti late Dynasty XVIII, circa 1340 B.C., from the royal tomb of Akhenaten at Tell el-Amarna
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A FINE QUARTZITE UPPER PART OF A SHABTI OF AKHENATEN, wearing a nemes-headdress with 'plait' down the back and a uraeus carved on the front, with long beard and pierced earlobes, hands crossed over chest, holding a crook and flail, eyes repainted, on wood mount with winged sun disc and uraei above, a cartouche with dedicatory inscription below, shabti late Dynasty XVIII, circa 1340 B.C., from the royal tomb of Akhenaten at Tell el-Amarna
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high
Provenance
Henri Naus (1875-1938): the dedicatory inscription on the mount reads, "P. Cozzika & Cie à Mr. Henri Naus Bey, 1905-1935, en souvenir de ces trente années de cordiale collaboration". Henri Naus was born in Belgium but spent much of his life in Egypt, and was president of the Egyptological Foundation of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. The shabti has passed by direct descent to the present owner.
Further details
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