An Egyptian pale green glazed composition shabti for Sa-Iset
Late Period, 30th Dynasty, circa 380-332 B.C.
Standing on an integral plinth with uninscribed back pillar, depicted mummiform, wearing a striated tripartite wig with plaited false beard, curling at the tip, the face finely modelled with extended eye-lines and brows, holding a pick and hoe and a seed bag on twisted cord over his left shoulder, with a single vertical column of incised hieroglyphic text on the front reading: 'the Sehedj, the Osiris, the imy-khent-Priest, the one who separates the two gods, Sa-Iset, the son of Wah-ib-re, born to Ta-henut', 14.8cm 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 110.
Private collection, North America, acquired at the above sale.

For other shabtis for Sa-Iset, see H. Schenider, Shabtis, Leiden, 1977, p. 195, nos 5.3.1.201-203. The titles that the owner of this shabti holds are those of the priest at Mendes, a position he presumably held.