Seven Egyptian shabtis New Kingdom - Late Period

Seven Egyptian shabtis

New Kingdom - Late Period, circa 1500 - 332 BC and later

including a wood shabti, with painted face, wig and a necklace, the back with the remains of a bag, 21.7cm high, four blue composite shabti; two with painted hieroglyphs, 12cm and 8.2cm high, one with inscribed hieroglyphs, 11cm high, and one plain with a pillar back, 9.3cm high; a turquoise shabti with a pillar back, 9.4cm high and a 20th century shabti, 17.5cm high, together with an Egyptian blue glazed composite fragment figure, an Egyptian bronze amulet of Osiris, 8.3cm high, a small bronze cherub, probably Roman, 5cm long and a small millefiori glass flat bead, 2.2cm long. (11)

Provenance

Michael Legg Collection, acquired pre 1973.