A RARE TERRACOTTA EARLY REPRESENTATION OF A SHABTI

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A RARE TERRACOTTA EARLY REPRESENTATION OF A SHABTI
Late Middle Kingdom/Second Intermediate Period, circa 1650-1550 B.C.

With deeply incised eyes, nostrils and mouth, with schematic flail on his right breast, and circular object on left, with seed basket hung around his neck and over his back
6¾in. (17cm.) high

Lot Essay

Although this figure has certain similarities with Predynastic pottery figures (cf. figures in a model boat in Munich Katalog, Ägyptische Kunst München, no. 1, p. 5) the early depiction of a figure with shabti accoutrements suggests a post-Dynasty XII horizon. There is some similarity with the bound prisoner figures of the Second Intermediate Period

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