A painted wood shabti box, the faceted lid decorated in black and ochre paint with a frieze of uraei above a band of alternating ankh- and tiyet-signs, repainted hieroglyphs on the top, the base with a frieze of the four sons of Horus on each side, a deity standing in a shrine at each end of the box -- 4¾in. (12.2cm.) high, Graeco-Roman, 1st Century B.C./A.D.; and a miniature painted wood mummiform sarcophagus -- 7in. (17.5cm.) high

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A painted wood shabti box, the faceted lid decorated in black and ochre paint with a frieze of uraei above a band of alternating ankh- and tiyet-signs, repainted hieroglyphs on the top, the base with a frieze of the four sons of Horus on each side, a deity standing in a shrine at each end of the box -- 4¾in. (12.2cm.) high, Graeco-Roman, 1st Century B.C./A.D.; and a miniature painted wood mummiform sarcophagus -- 7in. (17.5cm.) high
See illustration on page ?? for item one (2)
Provenance
Capsar Fleming Collection

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