Large Egyptian Glazed Hieroglyphic Shabti
Late Period, 30th Dynasty, 380-343 B.C. Modelled mummiform, arms crossed over the chest holding crook and flail, with a blank pillar to reverse; hieroglyphs to the front of the body; remains of glaze; mounted on a wooden display base; repaired. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 41.160.127, for a broadly comparable shabti of this period.191 grams total, 17 cm high including stand (6 3/4 in.). Gifted by Herbert Parsons (1870-1940) to his grandson, James Gibson (1926-2013). Inherited by the vendor and her brother, from their grandfather James Gibson.[No Reserve]