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An Egyptian limestone shabti

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

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An Egyptian limestone shabti
New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1400 B.C.
The mummiform figure shown wearing a large tripartite wig, framing the serenely carved face, the arms crossed at the waist with hands clenched where the agricultural implements would have been depicted, 24cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, Germany, 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Pierre Bergé, Paris, 1 June 2012, lot 49.
Private collection, North America.

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