Large Egyptian Wooden Shabti with Hieroglyphs, New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, c. 1350-1200 B.C.

(Wood Shabti)

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Item No.
35.37607
Culture
Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, c. 1350-1200 B.C. 
Item Details.
Carved in the round with a detailed tripartite wig, segmented collar, and seed bag across the back, the figure has hands crossed at the chest, each holding a hoe, and wrists adorned with bracelets; eight bands of hieroglyphic text encircle the lower body, with a vertical column at the front, running from midriff to feet; mounted on a later copper base.

Provenance: From the collection of Mrs Kilvert, who fled from France to England during the French Revolution. Received by gift to the Hodge family from Mrs Kilvert at Bath in 1864-1865; thence by descent to the grandchildren of Mr John Hodge, a private London tutor. From the collection of a New Zealand family; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12845-239091. Ex Timeline Auctions, UK.

Literature: Cf. Schneider, H.D., Shabtis. An Introduction to the History of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Statuettes with a Catalogue of the Collection of Shabtis in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, Vol. 3, Leiden, 1977, p. 12, no. 3.1.1.25, for a shabti of similar style and text arrangement.

Display stand included

Size
23 cm H - 9 1/16 inches
Material
Wood 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
• Egyptian Shabtis
Price.
US$ 7500
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