A pale glazed composition shabti, with single vertical column of hieroglyphs and details in purple glaze, inscribed for "Pasherienese (The child of Isis)", mounted -- 5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) high; a green glazed composition shabti, uninscribed, mounted, from Qurneh -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high; and a similar blue glazed composition shabti, mounted, from Gebel Touna -- 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high, all Dynasty XXI-XXII (1070-712 B.C.) (3)

Details
A pale glazed composition shabti, with single vertical column of hieroglyphs and details in purple glaze, inscribed for "Pasherienese (The child of Isis)", mounted -- 5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) high; a green glazed composition shabti, uninscribed, mounted, from Qurneh -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high; and a similar blue glazed composition shabti, mounted, from Gebel Touna -- 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high, all Dynasty XXI-XXII (1070-712 B.C.) (3)
Provenance
Items 2 and 3: Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo; labels on base

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