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Auction 153  –  5 - 9 September 2023

TimeLine Auctions, Auction 153

Greek, Roman, Egyptian & Other Antiquities, Natural History & Coins

Part 1: Tu, 05.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 2: We, 06.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Th, 07.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 4: Fr, 08.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Sa, 09.09.2023, from 1:00 PM CEST
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Description

Large Egyptian Composition Shabti for Pa-di-Osiris
Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-343 B.C. Of mummiform type and decorated with a blue-green glaze; inscribed for a priest named Pa-di-Osiris, whose mother’s name is Sed-irt-binut; the shabti wearing a striated tripartite wig and long plaited divine beard; holding a pick in the left hand, the right hand holding a hoe and the cord of a seed bag hanging over his left shoulder; the face expertly modelled with carefully rendered cosmetic lines around the eyes, narrow eyebrows, and slightly smiling lips giving it a serene expression characteristic of the finest ushabtis of the period; standing on an integral plinth from which a plain back pillar terminating at the base of the wig extends; twelve horizontal rows of hieroglyphic inscription, the Sixth Chapter of the Book of the Dead; accompanied by a custom-made display base. Cf. National Museums Liverpool, accession number M13871, for a similar shabti with different dedication; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 16.9.1, for a shabti of comparable form.
248 grams, 19.5 cm high (410 grams total, 23.5 cm high including stand) (7 3/4 in. (9 1/4 in.)).
Acquired on the Geneva art market, 1980.Swiss collection, early 1980s until 2000.UK private collection, 2000.Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11802-206400. The epithet 'true of voice' following the mother’s name, but not that of the owner, is a rather infrequent arrangement in shabti/ushabti inscriptions but can be found on other fine examples from this period. Pa-di-Osiris’s title is unusual, but may belong to the cult of the god Shu whose name is sometimes followed by the epithet, 'he who supports heaven'. The text contains Schneider’s version VIIA of The Book of the Dead Chapter 6.

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Starting price 7'000 GBP
Estimate 8'000 GBP
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