Egyptian Wooden Shabti Box Lid
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Rectangular lid fragment with rounded upper corners, plano-convex in section; painted image of two jackals representing Anubis, the god of embalming, crouching above rectangular frames, probably tombs, with a sceptre held in its forepaws; remains of fixing pegs to the reverse. Cf. wooden shabti-box with image of Anubis in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.1868,1102.90. 268 grams, 26.5 cm wide (10 1/2 in.).

J.H.H. Claessen (1926-2006), Bladel, Netherlands. Acquired by the present owner from the above. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11944-209616.