Lot 326
326
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR PINUDJEM I
PROPERTY FROM THE PLAISANT JOZEF NESTOR COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR PINUDJEM I

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI, 1040-992 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR PINUDJEM I
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI, 1040-992 B.C.
Bright blue in color with purplish-black details, depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, holding a hoe in each hand, wearing a striped nemes-headdress, with a single column of hieroglyphic text along the front reading "The illuminate one, the Osiris, the king, Pinudjem, the justified"
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm) high
Provenance
The Thalassic Collection, Ltd.
Antiquities, Christie's New York, 4 June 1999, lot 243

Lot Essay

Approximately 300 shabtis for Pinudjem I were found in the first Deir el-Bahri cache, half of which are now in Cairo, and others in numerous museum and private collections. See for example no. 266 in Berman, The Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Egyptian Art.

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