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An Egyptian polychrome painted limestone shabti for Huy image 1
An Egyptian polychrome painted limestone shabti for Huy image 2
Lot 280

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian polychrome painted limestone shabti for Huy
New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, circa 1295-1070 B.C.
Painted in red, blue and black, with a striped fillet securing the tripartite wig, wearing a broad collar and carrying two hoes, the front inscribed with six horizontal bands of text for 'Huy', with a column of cross-hatching down the lower back indicating mummy wrappings, 6¼in (16cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
English private collection formed between 1953-1992. Purchased at Sotheby's in the early 1990s.

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