A turquoise glazed-composition overseer shabti, inscribed for "the Osirid Wen-h..aty-ef", with incised hieroglyphs at back and front, details of wig in darker glaze -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high; another for Wennefer, repaired at knees -- 4½in. (10.8cm.) high; two other glazed-composition shabtis including a miniature inscribed overseer figure; and a miniature pottery shabti -- 3½in. (9cm.) high max., mainly Ptolemaic-Graeco-Roman, 4th Century B.C.-1st Century A.D. (5)

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A turquoise glazed-composition overseer shabti, inscribed for "the Osirid Wen-h..aty-ef", with incised hieroglyphs at back and front, details of wig in darker glaze -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high; another for Wennefer, repaired at knees -- 4½in. (10.8cm.) high; two other glazed-composition shabtis including a miniature inscribed overseer figure; and a miniature pottery shabti -- 3½in. (9cm.) high max., mainly Ptolemaic-Graeco-Roman, 4th Century B.C.-1st Century A.D. (5)
Provenance
Item 2: an ink label on base reads: "...Fenton March 1902"

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