An Egyptian polychrome glazed composition shabti for Hem-Hotep
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1292-1185 B.C.
With arms held down and wearing the dress of daily life, wearing a brown duplex wig and broad collar, the flaring kilt with a single column of vertical text naming 'The Scribe Overseer of the House Hem-Hotep', the face and hands in red, details painted in black, 12cm high注脚Provenance:
with Viktoria Lindströms Antikhandel, Stockholm.
Ingar and Lars Rosens collection, Malmo, Sweden, acquired in the 1950s from the above.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 April 2011, lot 134.
Private collection, North America, acquired at the above sale.