Description : AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR MASAHARTE THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21ST DYNASTY, 1070-945 B.C. Depicted mummiform with the arms crossing at the chest, deep blue in color, with details in black, including a fillet in his tripartite wig and a hoe in each of his fisted hands, a wide basket over both shoulders, with a column of hieroglyphs, reading: "Instructions of the Osiris, First Prophet (First God’s Servant) of Amun, Justified" 3.15/16 in. (10 cm.) high
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About the lot N° 61 Title : AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR MASAHARTE Size : (10 cm.) high Provenance : Purportedly from the royal cache at Deir el-Bahari.
Emile Brugsch (1842-1930), curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo.
Col. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. (1864-1934), Philadelphia.
Drexel Institute Museum, Philadelphia, 1895.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1916 (Inventory no. 16.370).
with Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 1976. Notes : For another shabti for Masaharte, see no. 153, pp. 319-320 in J.-L. Bovot, Les serviteurs funéraires royaux et princiers de l'Ancienne Égypte. Christie's, auctioneer, New York, USIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Antiquities Sale date : 11 Dec 2014It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale