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An Egyptian wood hieratic stick shabti for Teti
7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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An Egyptian wood hieratic stick shabti for Teti
Second Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, circa 1580-1550 B.C.
Of peg-like form with an angular face and schematic facial details, inscribed on the front with hieratic text in black paint for 'Teti who is called Intef', 18.8cm high
Second Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, circa 1580-1550 B.C.
Of peg-like form with an angular face and schematic facial details, inscribed on the front with hieratic text in black paint for 'Teti who is called Intef', 18.8cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Harer Family Trust Collection, acquired 25 May 1978.
With David Liebert, Time Machine Co., New York, 1978.
Exhibited:
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, 1997-2010.
Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection:
San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993-1995.
Arizona State University Museum, 1992.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, 1992.
Published:
G. Scott, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 54, pp.94-5.
For discussion of the type, see P. Whelan, Mere Scraps of Rough Wood?: 17th-18th Dynasty Stick Shabtis in the Petrie Museum and Other Collections, London, 2007. There is a similar shabti for Teti in the Petrie Museum, acc. no. UC40183: W.M.F. Petrie, Shabtis, London, 1935, no.16, p.13, pls. 6,21,25.