Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017
Lot 10
Three Egyptian shabtis New Kingdom to Late Period
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £280
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Description
Three Egyptian shabtis
New Kingdom to Late Period, circa 1570 - 332BC
including a terracotta example, missing the feet, a turquoise faience example holding a pick and hoe with a bag over the left shoulder and with hieroglyphs, and a green/blue faience example with painted implements, bag and hieroglyphs, the reverse with a handwritten label dated 1900,
11.7cm, 10.8cm and 11.2cm high, two with stands. (5)
Provenance
J.D.R Fryer Collection, UK.
Green/blue faience - Fox & Co, Yeovil, UK, 1992.