Description : An Egyptian light blue glazed composition shabti for Wedja-Hor Persian Period, 27th Dynasty, circa 525-404 B.C.Standing on an integral plinth with uninscribed back pillar, depicted mummiform, wearing a striated tripartite wig and plaited false beard, curling at the tip, the face finely modelled, holding a pick and a hoe and carrying a seed bag over the left shoulder, inscribed with three vertical columns of text reading: 'Oh thou shabti if one counts/the Osiris Wedja-Hor born to Aset-Khebyt to perform/any work done in the afterlife Here I am you will say', 15.7cm high
Provenance: Charles Bouché (1928-2010) collection, Paris, acquired 1945-early 1980s.Antiquities Egyptiennes: Collection Charles Bouché, Thierry de Maigret, Paris, 24 October 2012, lot 114. Private collection, North America, acquired at the above sale.The tomb of Wedja-Hor at Saqqara was excavated by Alessandro Barsanti in 1902 (J. François and L. Aubert, Statuettes funéraires égyptiennes, Paris, 2005).
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À propos du lot
n° 234 Titre : Egyptian Light Blue Glazed Composition Shabti, PÉRIODE : 2005 Bonhams 3, Salle de vente
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : Antiquities Date de la vente : 03/07/2019🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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