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Lot 217*

An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti for Amen-em-ipt

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

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An Egyptian bright blue glazed composition shabti for Amen-em-ipt
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1069-945 B.C.
Wearing striped tripartite wig and holding two hoes, a rectangular seed bag at the back, inscribed on the front for 'the Osiris, the god's father of Amun, Amen-em-ipt', 9.8cm high

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Provenance:
Millard and Mary Sheets Collection, California, acquired in Egypt in the 1960s, thence by descent. Millard Sheets (24 June 1907 – 31 March 1989) was a renowned Californian artist whose work appears on building and museums worldwide.

Literature:
J.F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes Égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, no. 99.

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