U29

Egyptian small painted pottery shabti

A small pottery shabti figure with moulded features and traces of pale blue surface pigment.

Egypt, 1st Millennium BC

Size: 5.1 x 1.9 cms

Intact as shown

Ex. collection: C. R. Stone, UK; acquired around Heliopolis in Egypt during the early 1940's. Mr. Stone was attached to the intelligence division of the Royal Air Force and based in Egypt for a large part of World War II.