THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE UPPER SHABTI FRAGMENT FOR THE OVERSEER OF THE DOUBLE GRANARIES, PAMOSE

NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, CIRCA 1391-1353 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE UPPER SHABTI FRAGMENT FOR THE OVERSEER OF THE DOUBLE GRANARIES, PAMOSE
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, CIRCA 1391-1353 B.C.
Wearing tripartite wig, his round face with almond-shaped eyes, with finely-detailed ears, his arms crossed on his chest, a seed bag in each hand, a narrow hoe in the right and a broad-bladed type in the left hand, with four lines of hieroglyphic text remaining, from Chapter 6 of the Book of Dead
6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high

Provenance

James Bakes collection, Toronto, Canada, acquired July 1967 from Giblin and Hearst, Portobello Road, London.
Private collection, UK.
Private collection, Germany.

Exhibited

Royal Ontario Museum, 'Privately Owned Egyptian Antiquities of the Toronto Area', April-June 1977.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
J. L. Haynes, Privately Owned Egyptian Antiquities in Ontario: Fascicle I Shabtis, Ontario, 1983.

This stand was designed by James Bakes and made by Ivan Lindsay of the Royal Ontario Museum in preparation for its appearance in the 1977 exhibition.

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