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Lot 293*

An Egyptian pale green glazed faience shabti for Takelot II

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian pale green glazed faience shabti for Takelot II
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, circa 841-816 B.C.
13.6cm high

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Provenance:
Bodo Bleß (1940-2022) collection, Berlin, formed from ca. 1960 onwards.

Takelot II served as High Priest of Thebes in the last years of the reign of Osorkon II before himself taking royal titles at Thebes, thereby becoming the 'first proper king of the parallel 23rd Dynasty', independent of the kings of the 22nd Dynasty (A. Dodson, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, London, 2004, p. 211 and 223). For two other examples of Takelot II with similar features see J.F. and L Aubert, Statuettes Égyptiennes, Chaouabtis, ouchebtis, Paris, 1974, pl. 49, figs 116 and 117. There is a shabti for the same king in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, acc. no. 97.63.77.

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