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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Wearing tripartite wig and plaited beard, arms crossed carrying pick and hoe and with rope of seed basket in left hand, lower legs missing, mounted
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Wearing tripartite wig and plaited beard, arms crossed carrying pick and hoe and with rope of seed basket in left hand, lower legs missing, mounted
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
Provenance
Given as a gift to the present owner's grandfather, Sir George Rendel, while on diplomatic service in Egypt in the 1920s.
Special notice
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