ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SHABTI FOR ANKH-HOR
LATE PERIOD 640-570 BC
£1,700
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 21 March 2018 at 11:00 GMT
Description
moulded faience, shown in mummiform pose, wearing the tripartite wig and beard, the obverse and reverse impressed with hieroglyphs for Ankh-Hor, Governor of Upper Egypt
Dimensions
10cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Ex. French private collection, acquired prior to the late 1970s. Bonhams, 1st May 2013, lot 312. Subsequently part of the Julian Bird collection