Tribal Art & Antiquities - 1st March 2017

Lot 55

An Egyptian faience shabti Late Period

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £8500

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Description

An Egyptian faience shabti

Late Period, circa 664 - 332BC

with a tripartite grooved wig and a false beard with scroll tip, holding a pick and hoe with a seed bag over the left shoulder, with hieroglyphs and a back pillar,

18.6cm high.

Provenance

Seward Kennedy, London.