Lot Essay
This polychrome 'faience' shabti represents a fairly restricted class of shabti that occur only in Dynasty XIX, with the face and hands separately made from a reddish-brown 'faience'.
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EARLY DYNASTY XIX, CIRCA 1290-1250 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN WHITE AND AUBERGINE GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI FOR THE CHIEF GOLDSMITH OF THE TEMPLE OF AMUN, PASMEN
EARLY DYNASTY XIX, CIRCA 1290-1250 B.C.
With red face and hands, aubergine bracelets, broad and narrow bladed picks, and a collar, inscribed with six lines of hieroglyphs from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, repaired
7¼ in. (19 cm.) high
EARLY DYNASTY XIX, CIRCA 1290-1250 B.C.
With red face and hands, aubergine bracelets, broad and narrow bladed picks, and a collar, inscribed with six lines of hieroglyphs from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, repaired
7¼ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 30-31 January, 1952, lot 243.
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