Late Period, 664-332 BC. A glazed composition shabti with tripartite wig, false beard, tools in the crossed hands, seed net to the shoulder, dorsal pillar and square base, fine facial detailing; nine bands of hieroglyphic text of chapter six from the Book of the Dead around the lower body. 98 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). From an important French collection formed since the early 1960s.