2nd-1st millennium B.C. Carved in the round with D-shaped base, carefully modelled hair and ears with beard absent, the right hand visible, not holding any work tools, the body has the appearance of a mummy entirely draped in a shroud with rather elongated proportions, the broad and rounded face with a slightly ‘smiling’ expression, framed by a tripartite hairstyle without stripes, which continues down the back and two lappets on the chest. Cf. wooden shabti in the British Museum under accession no. EA56930 / 1923,0512.5. 39 grams, 14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.).

Ex R. Liechti (1934-2010) Geneva, Switzerland, formed between 1950-1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12079-218221.

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