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Lot 204

Three Egyptian bichrome glazed composition shabtis
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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Three Egyptian bichrome glazed composition shabtis
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
Comprising a green glazed composition worker shabti with black roll wig, modelled with a back pillar, the front of the body with a column of text for 'The Osiris Padiast begotten of Ankhesen-Maat', 26th Dynasty; and two shabtis with dark blue wigs and beards and turquoise bodies, each carrying a pick and adze, both 12cm and 9cm high (3)

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Provenance:
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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