Property from the Schickler-Pourtওalès Collection, Château de Martinvast
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE-GREEN GLAZED STEATITE USHABTI OF THE CHIEF LECTOR PRIEST PETAMENOPHIS, 25TH DYNASTY, PERIOD OF TAHARQA/TANWETAMANI, 690-656 B.C.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Property from th⛦e Schickler-Pourtalès Cﷺollection, Château de Martinvast
AN EGYPTIAN BLUE-GREEN GLAZED STEAT𝓡ITE USHABTI OF THE CHIEF LECTOR PRIEST PETAMENOPHIS, 25TH DYNASTY, PERIOD OF TAHARQA/TANWETAMANI, 690-656 B.C.
holding hoes in front꧑ and seed-sack over his left shoulder, and wearing a broad beaded collar and tripartite wig, the eight lines of inscription with a text from the Book of the Dead.
Height 18.2 cm.
Château de Martinvast, France, probably acquired by Baron Arthur de 🎉Schickl🔯er (1828-1919)
by descent to the present owners