Description:

Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom Third Intermediate Period, 18th to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1549 to 653 BCE. A gorgeous mold-formed faience ushabti covered in a brilliant azure-hued glaze and decorated with applied black paint. The figure stands in mummiform with fused legs and protruding feet, crosses his arms across the chest with a pick in each hand, and has a petite seed bag suspended with two straps across the verso. The minimal visage boasts black-painted eyes and brows, smooth cheeks, and a small nose, all beneath a simple tripartite wig and a black-painted seshet hair band. A column of hieroglyphic symbols is painted onto the front of the legs and, while untranslated, would provide the name of Osiris as well as the name of the deceased. Size: 1" L x 1.3" W x 4.4" H (2.5 cm x 3.3 cm x 11.2 cm)

Provenance: private R.D. collection, Long Beach, California, USA collection, acquired from Palmyra Heritage Gallery, New York, USA

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  • Condition: Stable hairline fissure near feet and some age-expected weathering and abrasions to surface as shown. Otherwise, intact and very nice with good remaining pigments.

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