Lot Essay
For another shabti for Masaharte, see no. 153, pp. 319-320 in J.-L. Bovot, Les serviteurs funéraires royaux et princiers de l'Ancienne Égypte.
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PROPERTY FROM THE HARER FAMILY TRUST COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR MASAHARTE
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, 1070-945 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR MASAHARTE
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, 1070-945 B.C.
Depicted mummiform with the arms crossing at the chest, deep blue in color, with details in black, including a fillet in his tripartite wig and a hoe in each of his fisted hands, a wide basket over both shoulders, with a column of hieroglyphs, reading: "Instructions of the Osiris, First Prophet (First God’s Servant) of Amun, Justified"
3.15/16 in. (10 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, 1070-945 B.C.
Depicted mummiform with the arms crossing at the chest, deep blue in color, with details in black, including a fillet in his tripartite wig and a hoe in each of his fisted hands, a wide basket over both shoulders, with a column of hieroglyphs, reading: "Instructions of the Osiris, First Prophet (First God’s Servant) of Amun, Justified"
3.15/16 in. (10 cm.) high
Provenance
Purportedly from the royal cache at Deir el-Bahari.
Emile Brugsch (1842-1930), curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo.
Col. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. (1864-1934), Philadelphia.
Drexel Institute Museum, Philadelphia, 1895.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1916 (Inventory no. 16.370).
with Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 1976.
Emile Brugsch (1842-1930), curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo.
Col. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. (1864-1934), Philadelphia.
Drexel Institute Museum, Philadelphia, 1895.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1916 (Inventory no. 16.370).
with Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 1976.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985-1990.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, 1992; Arizona State University Museum, 1993; and San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993-1996; Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, 1997-2011.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, 1992; Arizona State University Museum, 1993; and San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993-1996; Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, 1997-2011.
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