Lot 10 , Five Egyptian turquoise glazed faience shabti and three fragments, New Kingdom to late period, Provenance - A. T. Arber-Cooke

Five Egyptian turquoise glazed faience shabti and three fragments, New Kingdom to late period, some with old labels, the complete shabti 10cm-11.5cm, one grey pottery shabti fragment painted in pigments, 6cm Provenance - A. T. Arber-Cooke
Estimate £600-800


Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Antiquities and Asian works of art, principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with local archaeological digs undertaken by the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.


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Sold for £2,600