LOT 1 Egyptian Wooden Shabti with Original Shawl
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New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1250 B.C. A carved wooden shabti modelled with head, wig and crossed arms, with dark pigment to the wig which extends down the figure's back; together with a fragment of the original shawl; apanied by a custom-made display stand. Cf. National Museums Liverpool, accession number , from Gurob. 66 grams, 17.5 cm (106 grams, 19 cm including stand) (6 7/8 in. (7 1/2 in.)). From an old UK collection. Acquired Christie's, South Kensington, London, 4 November 1992, lot 149 (part). From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016), keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Apanied by the original Christie's and bidding correspondence, and a copy of the catalogue listing. Apanied by an identification display card. Apanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt. Many crude wooden shabtis of this style havee from the cemeteries of Gurob and Sedment. Alf Baxendale (1941-2016), was a keen amateur Egyptologist, active from the 1960s. He was a good friend of Egyptologist Barry John Kemp who directs excavations at Amarna in Egypt. Alf helped raise funds for equipment and materials for the excavations since the 1980s, and also secured a major sponsor from one of Britains leading brewers, Scottish and Newcastle. He was a member of the Egyptology Society, and became a founder trustee of the Amarna Trust in 2005. Alf bequeathed a major part of his extensive library to the Amarna Projects offices in Cairo. [No Reserve]
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