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Lot 200

An Egyptian glazed composition fragmentary shabti for Horsiaset

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian glazed composition fragmentary shabti for Horsiaset
Late Period-First Persian Period, 26th-27th Dynasty, circa 664-404 B.C.
Holding a hoe and adze, with a seed bag over the left shoulder, the text in a vertical column down the back pillar and around the body in horizontal rows naming 'The Osiris Horsiaset born to Ptahirdis', 9cm high

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Provenance:
with Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Major James Findlay (1915-1990) collection, Aberdeen, acquired in the 1950s-1960s; and thence by descent.
Sold to benefit Archway, a respite care and housing charity in Aberdeen, charity no. SCO14665.

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