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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (1069-702 B.C.)
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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (1069-702 B.C.)
With black glazed details, holding agricultural implements, a seed-bag between the shoulders, wearing tripartite wig, with a single column of hieroglyphs at front, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; two Egyptian pale turquoise glazed composition shabtis, each wearing tripartite wig and plaited beard, holding pick and hoe, with single column of hieroglyphs at front, Ptolemaic Period, 4th-1st Century B.C., 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high max.; and a wood shabti, depicted mummiform with the arms folded across the chest, wearing tripartite wig, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.), 7 in. (18 cm.) high, all mounted (4)
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (1069-702 B.C.)
With black glazed details, holding agricultural implements, a seed-bag between the shoulders, wearing tripartite wig, with a single column of hieroglyphs at front, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; two Egyptian pale turquoise glazed composition shabtis, each wearing tripartite wig and plaited beard, holding pick and hoe, with single column of hieroglyphs at front, Ptolemaic Period, 4th-1st Century B.C., 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high max.; and a wood shabti, depicted mummiform with the arms folded across the chest, wearing tripartite wig, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.), 7 in. (18 cm.) high, all mounted (4)
Provenance
Item one: acquired on the London art market in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Items two and three: acquired from Astarte Gallery, London, 1978.
Item four: sold Sotheby's London, 14-15 December 1981.
Items two and three: acquired from Astarte Gallery, London, 1978.
Item four: sold Sotheby's London, 14-15 December 1981.
Special notice
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