Egypt
Late period (525-332BC)
26-30th dynasty (525-343BC)
Blue-turquoise faience shabti for Hor-Ankh.
An outstanding bright blue faience shabti for Hor-Ankh, with T-form
inscription.
He is depîcted mymmiform,wearing a braided beard and tripartite
wig, holding a pick and a hoe, with a seed bag over left
shoulder.
Well moulded with great style and detail, with a lovely warm
blue-turquoise colour.
Size of the shabti is 13,5 cm high.
No restorations.
For similar type, see Hans D.Schneider, Shabtis- an introduction to
the history of ancient Egyptian funerary statuettes.With a
catalogue of the collection of shabtis in the National Museum of
Leiden (3 volumes, Leiden, 1977), n°.5.3.1.
Ex-Nomis antiquities
SH1037
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