An Egyptian polychrome painted wood shabti
Late New Kingdom, circa 1200 B.C.
Wearing a long black wig, stylised broad collar, holding two crimson hoes, with a vertical column of hieroglyphs in black on an ochre ground, unintelligible, with red banded sections of white on the sides of the legs and red cross-hatching indicating bandages on ochre on the back, with an old label ink inscribed, 'Thebes, 1887 Petrie', 61/8 (15.6cm) high, mounted
Late New Kingdom, circa 1200 B.C.
Wearing a long black wig, stylised broad collar, holding two crimson hoes, with a vertical column of hieroglyphs in black on an ochre ground, unintelligible, with red banded sections of white on the sides of the legs and red cross-hatching indicating bandages on ochre on the back, with an old label ink inscribed, 'Thebes, 1887 Petrie', 61/8 (15.6cm) high, mounted
Sold for
£1,440
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Collection of Dr John Winnie, St Mary's Georgia, USA.
Category: Antiquities
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