A PALE GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI, inscribed with nine horizontal lines of text, wearing long striated tripartite wig and plaited beard, carrying pick and hoe and with seed basket slung over left shoulder, on integral rectangular base and with central back pillar -- 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high, Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.); a small green glazed composition shabti for Ta-ih(?), inscribed down frontal column and back pillar; another, uninscribed -- 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) and 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high respectively, Ptolemaic, 4th-1st Century B.C.; and a bright blue glazed composition female shabti, with breasts modelled, carrying pair of hoes in crossed arms, seed basket behind, details in black worn, glaze chipped -- 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high, Dynasty XXI (1070-945 B.C.) (4)

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A PALE GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION SHABTI, inscribed with nine horizontal lines of text, wearing long striated tripartite wig and plaited beard, carrying pick and hoe and with seed basket slung over left shoulder, on integral rectangular base and with central back pillar -- 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high, Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.); a small green glazed composition shabti for Ta-ih(?), inscribed down frontal column and back pillar; another, uninscribed -- 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) and 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high respectively, Ptolemaic, 4th-1st Century B.C.; and a bright blue glazed composition female shabti, with breasts modelled, carrying pair of hoes in crossed arms, seed basket behind, details in black worn, glaze chipped -- 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high, Dynasty XXI (1070-945 B.C.) (4)

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