Egyptian White Faience Shabti of Hori

An ancient Egyptian white faience shabti of Hori. The mummiform figure wears a broad collar, a wig with a side lock of hair, the crossed hands hold hoes. A vertical Hieroglyphic inscription is painted on the front reading “The illuminated one, the Osiris, Greatest of Directors of Craftsmen, Hori, true of voice, justified.”

New Kingdom, Ramesside Period,

19th Dynasty, ca. 1279 - 1193 BC.

Height: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm).

The authenticity of this piece has been confirmed by a thermoluminescence test performed by QED laboratory in France and an XRF analysis performed by Emory University in Georgia.cf.: for this shabti type of Hori: J. F. Aubert, Statuettes Egyptiennes, (Paris, 1974), p. 91.

Formerly in the collection of Dr. Leopoldo Benguerel y Godo, Barcelona, acquired in London in the 1960's.

Inv#: 5894

Guaranteed Authentic

$5,000