An Egyptian polychrome painted wood shabti for the Lady of the House, Chantress of Amun, Ta-[...]
Late Ramesside Period, 20th Dynasty, circa 1186-1069 B.C.
18cm high
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Provenance:
Bodo Bleß (1940-2022) collection, Berlin, formed from ca. 1960 onwards.
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The face of the shabti is worn and has been over-painted. There is a hairline stress crack at the top of the wig and another down the proper left side of the face.
The back, with much of the white paint remaining and well preserved details in red of the yoke with pots and red stripes to imitate bandaging.

There is overall surface wear including pitting, chipping, cracking and scratching with some flaking and loss to the coloured pigments.

Attached to a wood base with collection no.142.