Lot Essay
The mount with handwritten ink description and marked 'ALEXANDRIE 1962'
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
The following six lots were formerly in the Bouvier collection, formed by the French and Swiss Consul in Alexandria in the early 1960's and presented as a gift to the present owner.
A green glazed composition shabti
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A green glazed composition shabti
for Pa-di-iah, with central panel of hieroglyphic inscription reading 'Illuminate the Osirid, the servant of Ptah, he who was over the Secrets Pa-di-iah, born of Nfr...pt ...', standing with arms crossed holding pick and hoe, a seed basket over the left shoulder, with back pillar, repaired, mounted -- 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high, Dynasty XXX, 4th-3rd Century B.C.
See Colour Plate 2
for Pa-di-iah, with central panel of hieroglyphic inscription reading 'Illuminate the Osirid, the servant of Ptah, he who was over the Secrets Pa-di-iah, born of Nfr...pt ...', standing with arms crossed holding pick and hoe, a seed basket over the left shoulder, with back pillar, repaired, mounted -- 5 1/8in. (13cm.) high, Dynasty XXX, 4th-3rd Century B.C.
See Colour Plate 2