A large collection of Egyptian shabtis, scarabs and amulets including a green glazed-composition shabti for "the controller Hor-djed-ef, born of Ta-sherit-min", with incised horizontal band and vertical column of hieroglyphs at the front -- 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high, Dynasty XXX (380-343 B.C.), another turquoise glazed-composition shabti, uninscribed -- 4¼in. (11cm.) high, 4th-3rd Century B.C., a green glazed-composition shabti for Hor-pen-ast, feet missing -- 4¼in. (11cm.) high, a bronze figure of Osiris, the standing god wearing atef-crown and holding crook and flail, all on wood stands -- 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high, a steatite scarab bearing the cartouche of Tuthmosis III -- 1.7cm. long, both Late Period (712-332 B.C.), another similar, inscribed with the figures of Ptah and Nefer-Atum -- 1.6cm. long, Dynasty XIX-XX (1307-1070 B.C.), a scaraboid formed as two ducks, with heads turned back towards their tails, the base with Hathor head and four uraei -- 1cm. long, a glazed-composition cowroid, the base engraved with two crocodiles -- 1.8cm. long, both New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.), a blue glazed-composition wedjat-eye, with details in darker glaze -- 1.2cm. long, a group of miniature glazed-composition amulets including an Apis bull, a sow and a cat -- 2.8cm. high max., an alabaster alabastron with vestigial lug handles, chip at rim -- 2¼in. (5.6cm.) high, Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.), and a miniature shallow alabaster offering dish -- 1¾in. (4.4cm.) diam. (a lot) See illustration on page ?? for item two

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A large collection of Egyptian shabtis, scarabs and amulets including a green glazed-composition shabti for "the controller Hor-djed-ef, born of Ta-sherit-min", with incised horizontal band and vertical column of hieroglyphs at the front -- 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high, Dynasty XXX (380-343 B.C.), another turquoise glazed-composition shabti, uninscribed -- 4¼in. (11cm.) high, 4th-3rd Century B.C., a green glazed-composition shabti for Hor-pen-ast, feet missing -- 4¼in. (11cm.) high, a bronze figure of Osiris, the standing god wearing atef-crown and holding crook and flail, all on wood stands -- 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high, a steatite scarab bearing the cartouche of Tuthmosis III -- 1.7cm. long, both Late Period (712-332 B.C.), another similar, inscribed with the figures of Ptah and Nefer-Atum -- 1.6cm. long, Dynasty XIX-XX (1307-1070 B.C.), a scaraboid formed as two ducks, with heads turned back towards their tails, the base with Hathor head and four uraei -- 1cm. long, a glazed-composition cowroid, the base engraved with two crocodiles -- 1.8cm. long, both New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.), a blue glazed-composition wedjat-eye, with details in darker glaze -- 1.2cm. long, a group of miniature glazed-composition amulets including an Apis bull, a sow and a cat -- 2.8cm. high max., an alabaster alabastron with vestigial lug handles, chip at rim -- 2¼in. (5.6cm.) high, Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.), and a miniature shallow alabaster offering dish -- 1¾in. (4.4cm.) diam. (a lot)
See illustration on page ?? for item two
Provenance
Handwritten labels and envelopes record provenances from various collections including those of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, Lord Grenfell, Lord Amhurst, Hon. R. Bethel, H.K. Myers, as well as the Rustoffaell Collection, the Hilton Price Collection and the Macgregor Collection

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