Late Period, 664-332 BC. A glazed composition shabti with fine facial detailing, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited beard; the lower body and legs with hieroglyphic text; the arms folded across the chest, with the crook and flail in the hands; pillar with hieroglyphics to the rear. 109 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). From an important French collection formed since the early 1960s. Fine condition.