Title: Large Egyptian Turquoise Glazed Shabti with Hieroglyphs

Date: New Kingdom, 1525–1070 BC

Medium: Glazed Composition

Dimensions & Weight: 21.5 cm (8 1/2") including stand, 392 grams

Description:
A finely crafted, large Egyptian shabti from the New Kingdom, featuring a tripartite wig and a hooked false beard. The figure carries a seed bag over the left shoulder and holds a nekhakha flail and short-handled heka crook in its crossed hands. The back pillar extends down to a rectangular base, and the lower body is adorned with nine bands of hieroglyphic inscriptions from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. These inscriptions would have served as a magical text ensuring the shabti performed labor on behalf of the deceased in the afterlife.

Provenance:

• Bonham's Auction, 1999 (part of a mixed lot)
• Acquired from Helios Gallery, Wiltshire, UK, December 1999
• G.M.R.H. Collection, West London, UK

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