Antique Faience Shabti Pendant: Egyptian Revival Period

Antique Faience Shabti Pendant: Egyptian Revival PeriodThis is a wonderful blue glazed faience pendant in the shape of an ancient Egyptian Shabti. The pendant has some light damage due to age and expected wear for an item made somewhere between 1880 1930. This Shabti can be worn on a necklace or displayed as a nice addition to any art collection. Shabtis are ancient Egyptian funerary figurines meant to serve the deceased in the afterlife. These small mummiform figures were believed to come to life and

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