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Description : Dynasty XVIII, Reign of Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 B.C. Of white faience, the figure depicted mummiform, wearing a striated tripartite wig, with blue inlays for the striations, collar, bracelets, and the four rows of preserved hieroglyphic text naming Ta-weseret, the face with a greenish tinge, and black-painted eyes, brows and cosmetic lines 51/2 in. (14 cm) high PROVENANCE Fine Antiquities, Christie's London, 9 December 1992, lot 157 The Thalassic Collection, Ltd. Antiquities, Christie's New York, 4 June 1999, lot 226 NOTES The owner's name, Ta-weseret, is a compound of the Dynasty XII royal name Senweseret, the determinative, and the T indicator that the owner was a woman. For shabtis of similar style and technique, compare those of Lady Sati in the Brooklyn Museum, see pl. 70, p. 304 in Kozloff and Bryan Egypt's Dazzling Sun, Amenhotep III and his World.
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