Lot Essay
Wearing tripartite wigs, holding agricultural implements, seed bags slung over left shoulders, both with T-shaped inscription for "...Hap...born of Tianu...", with mounts
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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR HOREMHEB
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
Wearing tripartite wig, holding agricultural implements, with incised column of hieroglyphs on the front and on back pillar, 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high; and a pair of shabtis for "Hap-Men born of Ti-henu", wearing tripartite wigs, holding agricultural implements, seed bags slung over left shoulders, both with T-shaped hieroglyphic inscription, Late Period, Dynasty XXX, circa 381-343 B.C., 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high max. (3)
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
Wearing tripartite wig, holding agricultural implements, with incised column of hieroglyphs on the front and on back pillar, 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.) high; and a pair of shabtis for "Hap-Men born of Ti-henu", wearing tripartite wigs, holding agricultural implements, seed bags slung over left shoulders, both with T-shaped hieroglyphic inscription, Late Period, Dynasty XXX, circa 381-343 B.C., 4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high max. (3)
Provenance
Item one: with Gallery Pytheas, Paris, France, 1975.
Item two and three: M.S.D. Westropp collection (1867-1954), Ireland; M.S.D. Westropp was Keeper of Art at the National Museum of Ireland from 1930 to 1936.
Item two and three: M.S.D. Westropp collection (1867-1954), Ireland; M.S.D. Westropp was Keeper of Art at the National Museum of Ireland from 1930 to 1936.