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Lot 36*

A large Egyptian light blue glazed composition shabti for General Pa-Khas

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A large Egyptian light blue glazed composition shabti for General Pa-Khas
Late Period, 30th Dynasty, circa 380-343 B.C.
The mummiform figure wearing a striated wig and plaited false beard, a seed bag over his left shoulder, holding a pick and hoe, the front with nine horizontal bands of hieroglyphic text naming General Pa-Khas born of Ib...(the remainder unintelligible), with dorsal pillar, 27cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, sold on the Swiss market 1984-1986.
with Antiquarium Ltd, New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above.

For another smaller shabti belonging to this General Pa-Khas, see a shabti sold at Christie's, London, 25 October 2007, lot 4, with the text running in a column down the front of the figure; it is not uncommon to find more than one type of shabti in the same cache.

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