Lot 197
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SHABTI FOR PADIKHONSU
EGYPT, 22ND/23RD DYNASTY, 945-720 BC
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 27 November 2018 at 11:00 GMT
£350
Description
blue faience and black detailing, shown mummiform, with tripartite wig, holding a pair of hoes and a seed basket over the shoulders, a frontal column of hieroglyphics reads:
"The Osiris, the Divine father of Amun, -di-Khonsu"
Dimensions
11.5cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
The Julian Bird Collection, United Kingdom, inventory number 2033