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Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 943 BCE. A hand-built terracotta ushabti presenting in mummiform with crossed arms holding hand-painted farming implements. The surfaces are painted with a layer of white pigment before being further adorned in black across the tripartite wig, face, and basket held aloft by the shoulders on the verso. A column of hieroglyphs on the front of the legs reads, "To illuminate the Osiris, Djedu-Maat-Iset-Ankh, beatified." Size: 0.87" L x 1.36" W x 4.56" H (2.2 cm x 3.5 cm x 11.6 cm); 5.82" H (14.8 cm) on included custom stand.

Cf. Lieblein 2544 No.109, a "Chantress of Amon". Chicago Art Institute Nos.94.290 and 292 of this set

Provenance: private collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired in 1975 from Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA; ex-Louis Blumka collection, 1958; ex-Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1916, accession #16.732; ex-Drexel Institute Museum from 1895 to 1915; ex-Emil Brugsch, Bulaq Museum, Cairo, Egypt, 1894

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#180916

  • Condition: Slight fissure along ankles formed during the figure's creation, with light fading to pigment, and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to most hieroglyphs on front of legs. Figure is adhered to display stand and cannot be removed.

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