Egyptian Blue-Glazed Hieroglyphic Shabti for God's Father of Amun, Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, 1081-725 B.C. A typical deep blue-glazed faience shabti of the period with black painted details and a single column of hieroglyphs on the front for a God's Father of Amun; each hand holding a hoe; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. Janes, G., Shabtis: A Private View, Paris, 2002, p.119, no.60a, for a similarly styled shabti. 113 grams total, 11.7 cm high including stand (4 5/8 in.). Acquired in the 1970s. From a private French estate of Mr G. Ex Rieunier & Associes, Drouot, Paris, France, in 2007.

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