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Lot 224

Two Egyptian glazed composition shabtis and five amulets
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7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Two Egyptian glazed composition shabtis and five amulets
Middle Kingdom - Late Period, circa 1800-600 B.C.
A shabti with details in black inscribed for Djed-khonsu-iuf-ankh, 21st-22nd Dynasty; a turquoise glazed shabti for 'the Osiris Nes-mut(?)', 21st-22nd Dynasty; a triad amulet of Nephthys, Horus and Isis; an amulet of a lion-headed goddess enthroned; a fragmentary figure of Pataikos; a steatite cowroid with knot design and buds, Middle Kingdom; and a scarab with motto inscription, late New Kingdom, 1.5cm-11.5cm (7)

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Provenance:
Collection of John Ward F.S.A (1832-1912), Egyptologist and author of volumes including Pyramids and Progress, Sketches from Egypt, 1900; Our Sudan. Its Pyramids and Progress, 1905; and The Sacred Beetle.
Thence by descent.
Accompanied by a copy of Pyramids and Progress once belonging to John Ward's son, A.H.M. Ward.

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