AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI

NEW KINGDOM, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, 1295-1069 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER SHABTI
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, 1295-1069 B.C.
5 7⁄8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Carl Leonhard Burckhardt (1902-1965), Alexandria; thence by descent to his son, Christophe Burckhardt (1936-2019), brought to Basel by 1971; thence by descent.
The Burckhardts of Basel, Cahn Auktionen AG, Basel, 9 December 2021, lot 12.

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Lot Essay

The figure is depicted mummiform with the arms crossed at the chest, wearing a tripartite wig. The shape, style and material of this uninscribed shabti are typical for Ramesside period shabtis, many of which were painted with pigment suspended in wax. For a similar example see no. 3 in  G. Janes, Shabtis, A Private View.

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