Lot no. 90
EARTHENWARE FUNERAL SERVER IN THE NAME OF THE PRIEST HOR
Egyptian art, Second Kashmir of Deir el-Bahari, 21st dynasty, 1069-943 BC
Statuette of a mummiform funerary servant in blue earthenware, wearing a striped tripartite wig with a headband, his arms crossed, holding farming implements and a sack of seeds. On the front, five lines of hieroglyphs painted in black reproduce an abridged version of Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead, with a reference to "the prophet of Amun Hor".
Height 12 cm high
Provenance: Rodney Watts Collection, London, acquired by his father in the early 20th century.
Charles Ede Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2014
Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 2014-August 2023
An Egyptian blue-glazed faience shabti for the Priest Hor,
Second Cache of Deir el-Bahari, 21st Dynasty, 1069-943 B.C.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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