Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 36*
A large Egyptian light blue glazed composition shabti for General Pa-Khas
6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,650 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Antiquities specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot
Anna Marston
Associate Specialist
A large Egyptian light blue glazed composition shabti for General Pa-Khas
Late Period, 30th Dynasty, circa 380-343 B.C.
The mummiform figure wearing a striated wig and plaited false beard, a seed bag over his left shoulder, holding a pick and hoe, the front with nine horizontal bands of hieroglyphic text naming General Pa-Khas born of Ib...(the remainder unintelligible), with dorsal pillar, 27cm high
Late Period, 30th Dynasty, circa 380-343 B.C.
The mummiform figure wearing a striated wig and plaited false beard, a seed bag over his left shoulder, holding a pick and hoe, the front with nine horizontal bands of hieroglyphic text naming General Pa-Khas born of Ib...(the remainder unintelligible), with dorsal pillar, 27cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Private collection, sold on the Swiss market 1984-1986.
with Antiquarium Ltd, New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above.
For another smaller shabti belonging to this General Pa-Khas, see a shabti sold at Christie's, London, 25 October 2007, lot 4, with the text running in a column down the front of the figure; it is not uncommon to find more than one type of shabti in the same cache.