An Egyptian turquoise glazed composition shabti
21st Dynasty, circa 1079-945 B.C.
With details added in black, wearing a striped wig and a heart-amulet at the chest, holding two hoes with a seedbag slung across the back, two frontal vertical columns of hieroglyphs for, 'the scribe of the Temple of Mut, Nesy-Per-Nub', 5¾in (14.7cm) high, mounted
21st Dynasty, circa 1079-945 B.C.
With details added in black, wearing a striped wig and a heart-amulet at the chest, holding two hoes with a seedbag slung across the back, two frontal vertical columns of hieroglyphs for, 'the scribe of the Temple of Mut, Nesy-Per-Nub', 5¾in (14.7cm) high, mounted
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
€2,400 - 3,600
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
€2,400 - 3,600
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Collection of Dr John Winnie, St Mary's Georgia, USA.
Literature:
Cf. L. Aubert, Les Statuettes Funéraires de la deuxième cachette à Dier el-Bahri, (Cybele 1998), catalogue no 24
Category: Antiquities
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