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Lot 40*

An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1069-945 B.C.
Of typical mummiform style, the details added in black glazed, holding two hoes, wearing a tripartite wig, a band of vertical text for 'Ta-hen-en-neb-khemenu' on the legs, 4½in (11.5cm) high

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Provenance:
Joseph Klein Collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980. Thence by descent.

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