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PROPERTY FROM THE PLAISANT JOZEF NESTOR COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR KHENY
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR KHENY
New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
White in color, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding a hoe in each hand, with a seedbag between the shoulders, wearing a striated tripartite wig, with five lines in carefully drawn hieroglyphic text in black glaze, inscribed for "the illuminated one, the Osiris, the prelate of Amun, Kheny"
3¾ in. (9.5 cm) high
New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
White in color, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding a hoe in each hand, with a seedbag between the shoulders, wearing a striated tripartite wig, with five lines in carefully drawn hieroglyphic text in black glaze, inscribed for "the illuminated one, the Osiris, the prelate of Amun, Kheny"
3¾ in. (9.5 cm) high
Provenance
Plaisant Jozef Nestor, acquired 1910-1940