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Recorded provenance


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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Estimate (low-high) : 6000 USD-8000 USD It's free to register now to view!

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, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 11 Dec 2014 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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