Late Period, 664-332 BC. A glazed composition shabti with tripartite wig, false beard, hoe and flail in the crossed hands, seed bag over the left shoulder, dorsal pillar and square base, fine facial detailing; nine bands of hieroglyphic text from the Book of the Dead to the lower body. 111 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). From an important French collection formed since the early 1960s.