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Lot 10

An Egyptian painted limestone shabti

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian painted limestone shabti
New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, circa 1550-1185 B.C.
The mummiform body with two horizontal bands in ochre representing the mummy's bandages, wearing a black tripartite wig with ochre horizontal bands across the bottom of the lappets, the face, hands and broad collar painted in ochre with added details in black, the arms across the chest holding a pick and a hoe, with a seed bag across the back, with a central vertical column of hieroglyphs at the front, now indecipherable, 18cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 1 May 2008, lot 56.
John Evans collection, Merseyside, UK, acquired at the above sale.

The yellow ochre colour used in the detailing of the present lot could have been employed in order to mimic gold.

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