AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER HEAD FROM A SHABTI New Kingdom, 18th - 19th Dynasty, Circa 1400 - 1200 B.C. The oval face with flared nose, full straight lips, and elongated eyes with incised rims, extended cosmetic lines, and long brows, wearing a plain high-domed wig positioned low on the forehead, 4.3cm high, Provenance: Collection of John Ward F.S.A., and thence by descent; Ex Bonham's 7th July 2016, lot 223 (part); John Ward F.S.A, (1832-1912) was an Egyptologist and author of various volumes including Pyramids and Progress. Sketches from Egypt, 1900; The Sacred Beetle, 1902; and Our Sudan. Its Pyramids and Progress, 1905.