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Lot 133*

An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti for Hor

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti for Hor
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1070-945 B.C.
Of typical form, with details added in black, wearing a striped tripartite wig, carrying two picks in relief, and a seed bag on his back, with five rows of hieroglyphs for 'Hor, the hem-neter priest of Amun', 12.1cm

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Harer Family Trust Collection, acquired 1979.
With Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 14 May 1979.
Accompanied by a copy of the Harer Collection index card.
Originally from Deir el Bahri cache II.

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. 150, pp.200-1 (incorrect description).

Literature:
Cf. L. Aubert, Les Statuettes Funéraires de la Deuxième Cachette à Deir el-Bahari, Paris, 1998, p.81, no.29, pl.XII.

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