Lot 196
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SHABTI FOR TA-SHED-AMUN
EGYPT, THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069 - 715 BC
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 27 November 2018 at 11:00 GMT
£400
Description
blue faience and black detailing, shown mummiform, holding a hoe in either hand and with a seed bag over the shoulder, detailing on the wig and a frontal column of hieroglyphics, reading:
"For the Lady of the House Chantress of Amun, Ta-net-amun(?)"
Dimensions
11.5cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, Michigan, acquirred 1950's
The Julian Bird Collection, United Kingdom, inventory number 652
Bonhams, London, 5th October 2011, lot 345