Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 11

An Egyptian pale turquoise glazed composition shabti for Khonsu

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

Sold for £562.50 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Antiquities specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

An Egyptian pale turquoise glazed composition shabti for Khonsu
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1292-1185 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, wearing tripartite wig and broad collar, the arms crossed on the chest, holding a hoe in each hand, a vertical column of hieroglyphs on the front reading: 'The Osiris Supervisor of the House Khonsu', details painted in purple, 13cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Henry Wallis RWS (1830-1916) collection; and thence by descent.
with Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, 2008.
John Evans collection, Merseyside, UK, acquired from the above.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone with dedication inscription of King Lipit-Ishtar of Isin

A small Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone inscribed for King Sin-Kashid of Uruk

A Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Hittite bronze helmet with pelta-shaped cheek-pieces

An Attic pottery tankard with geometric decoration

A Greek pottery alabastron in the form of a greaved leg

A Greek terracotta female figure with a bird perched on her shoulder