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This is the rating and price for An Egyptian Limestone Shabti, 1307.0



Description : NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX, 1307-1196 B.C. Finely sculpted, standing with his feet together on a low plinth, his arms crossing at his chest, each hand clutching a large hoe, a seed sack over his right shoulder, wearing a rectangular pendant from a simple cord and an elaborately-pleated sash-kilt that exposes his corpulent stomach and chest, the central pleat of the forward-projecting triangular apron inscribed with the owner's name, now largely lost, the upper portion of the bipartite wig composed of zigzag curls radiating from the crown, the lower portion echeloned, his broad face with slanted eyes, the upper lids and brows modelled, with a slender nose and smiling lips, the filtrum indicated, preserving pigment throughout, including black for the wig and red for flesh tones 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high
Price: 174 000.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 20000 USD-30000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 17
Title : An Egyptian Limestone Shabti, Period : 1307.0
Size : Not specified
Provenance : Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1977, lot 182.
Literature : G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 56, pp. 96-97.University of Arizona, Museum Notes, Tucson, Fall 1993.J. Hardin, The Lure of Egypt: Land of the Pharaohs Revisited, St. Petersburg, 1996, no. 87.
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Ancient Egyptian Art from the Harer Family Trust Collection
Sale date : 09 Dec 2005 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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