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LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE SHABTI FOR MEN
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, his arms crossed on his chest holding a pick and hoe, a seed-bag over his left shoulder, with hieroglyphs from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, inscribed for 'Men, born of Bastet-irdis'
8 2/3 in. (22 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited false beard, his arms crossed on his chest holding a pick and hoe, a seed-bag over his left shoulder, with hieroglyphs from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead, inscribed for 'Men, born of Bastet-irdis'
8 2/3 in. (22 cm.) high
Provenance
Importante y Excepcional Selección de Pinturas, Muebles, Objectos de Arte y Antigüedades, Roldan and Cia, Buenos Aires, 9 June 1981, lot 249; where acquired by
Enrique Nagel, Buenos Aires.
Acquired from the above by the current owner.
Enrique Nagel, Buenos Aires.
Acquired from the above by the current owner.
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