An Egyptian light blue glazed composition shabti for Wedja-Hor
Persian Period, 27th Dynasty, circa 525-404 B.C.
Standing on an integral plinth with uninscribed back pillar, depicted mummiform, wearing a striated tripartite wig and plaited false beard, curling at the tip, the face finely modelled, holding a pick and a hoe and carrying a seed bag over the left shoulder, inscribed with three vertical columns of text reading: 'Oh thou shabti if one counts/the Osiris Wedja-Hor born to Aset-Khebyt to perform/any work done in the afterlife "Here I am" you will say', 15.7cm high 注脚Provenance:
Charles Bouché (1928-2010) collection, Paris, acquired 1945-early 1980s.
Antiquities Egyptiennes: Collection Charles Bouché; Thierry de Maigret, Paris, 24 October 2012, lot 114.
Private collection, North America, acquired at the above sale.

The tomb of Wedja-Hor at Saqqara was excavated by Alessandro Barsanti in 1902 (J. François and L. Aubert, Statuettes funéraires égyptiennes, Paris, 2005).