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NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XX, REIGN OF RAMESSES V, 1156-1151 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI FOR THE PHARAOH RAMESSES V
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XX, REIGN OF RAMESSES V, 1156-1151 B.C.
The mummiform figure simplified in form, his mouth a double horizontal groove, with the other details of the face, the seed sack hanging in back and the vertical column of hieroglyphs in front all in black pigment, the wig preserving traces of Egyptian blue, traces of red and green preserved throughout in an encaustic medium
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XX, REIGN OF RAMESSES V, 1156-1151 B.C.
The mummiform figure simplified in form, his mouth a double horizontal groove, with the other details of the face, the seed sack hanging in back and the vertical column of hieroglyphs in front all in black pigment, the wig preserving traces of Egyptian blue, traces of red and green preserved throughout in an encaustic medium
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
The Property of a Lady; Christie's, London, 12 December 1990, lot 188.
Literature
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 58B, pp. 100-101.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, San Antonio, 1995, no. 43, p. 58.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, San Antonio, 1995, no. 43, p. 58.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, periodically 1986-1991.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Mummies: The Egyptian Art of Death, 20 July 1993-1 October 1995.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, 6 January-9 April 1995.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Mummies: The Egyptian Art of Death, 20 July 1993-1 October 1995.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, 6 January-9 April 1995.