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30th April '10

 

A particular type of fake ushabti which  has been on the market recently.

 








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Notice the frequenty seen characteristic very glassy surface and the fake inscriptions often very obviously by the  same hand.

April 2012.

After a while with none appearing, they are back again on various websites like eBay!

 



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May 2010

Though these above may well fool many collectors, this pair below really shouldn't have fooled the well known auction house where they were offered. (They were withdrawn from the sale a few days before it went ahead.)

Note the tools held.

A pair of hoes.

See if you can can find genuine Late Period shabtis holding two hoes!

More of these forgeries here. 

And  some others probably from the same factory.

 






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Look closely.

They are from the same mould.

Yes, a variable number of  shabtis from the same group may well come from the same mould.........

But look at these two along with two others



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All from the same mould. You can see the same flaw repeated.

 




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Though these above, on this page are quite well made fakes, we must remember that brand new collectors and non colectors who just want a shabti will very often fall for such as these. They come with certificates of authenticity after all.

 

I try to cater to both brand  new collectors and quite seasoned collectors on this website.

 

What amazes me is that people who don't know about such things nevertheless are  not puzzled by the pretty obvious fact that these very silly fakes all come from the "workshop" !

 










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More from this seller here>>>>

 

 

Actually, it's quite common for sellers of fakes to sell several shabtis (or amulets, or whatever...) which are clearly of the same sort of manufacture.

That's because they buy from the same little factory in Egypt turning outhese tourist souvenirs.

 

Such as these from the same seller.

Same mould: different colour.

Or is it a variant mould?

Can't quite decide if the cartouche is on the other as well.




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