Six Egyptian glazed faience shabtis Third Intermediate-Late Period, 1070-332 B.C. Each of typical mummiform, including a miniature pale blue glazed shabti with illegible text and wig painted in added umber, 6.7cm high; five shabtis depicted holding...
Six Egyptian glazed faience shabtis Third Intermediate-Late Period, 1070-332 B.C. Each of typical mummiform, including a miniature pale blue glazed shabti with illegible text and wig painted in added umber, 6.7cm high; five shabtis depicted holding their implements, including a fragmentary olive green shabti with four full lines of horizontal text remaining, 8.4cm high; a bright green glazed shabti with dorsal column of impressed hieroglyphic text, 9.7cm high; a pale green glazed example with a frontal column of text, 11.1cm high; a fragmentary pale blue glazed shabti with text organised in a T-shape, 9.4cm high; a worn example with frontal column of hieroglyphic text, 9.3cm high and a small shabti, After the Antique, 6.8cm (7) Provenance: Property of a private collector, Edinburgh (1938-2021).
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Six Egyptian glazed faience shabtis Third Intermediate-Late Period, 1070-332 B.C. Each of typical mummiform, including a miniature pale blue glazed shabti with illegible text and wig painted in added umber, 6.7cm high; five shabtis depicted holding their implements, including a fragmentary olive green shabti with four full lines of horizontal text remaining, 8.4cm high; a bright green glazed shabti with dorsal column of impressed hieroglyphic text, 9.7cm high; a pale green glazed example with a frontal column of text, 11.1cm high; a fragmentary pale blue glazed shabti with text organised in a T-shape, 9.4cm high; a worn example with frontal column of hieroglyphic text, 9.3cm high and a small shabti, After the Antique, 6.8cm (7) Provenance: Property of a private collector, Edinburgh (1938-2021).
Please refer to department for condition report