Lot 131
Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 22nd Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 720 BCE. A mold-formed pottery ushabti standing in mummiform with black-painted agricultural implements held in arms crossed atop the chest. The protruding face is decorated with black brows, almond eyes, and a slender fillet tied around the back, and a rectangular seed bag is painted along the verso. Inscribed down the white-ground figure is a black column of hieroglyphs that, when translated, reads, "The illuminated one, the Osiris, Ankhefenkhonsu." Size: 1.16" L x 1.53" W x 3.95" H (2.9 cm x 3.9 cm x 10 cm); 5.05" H (12.8 cm) on included custom stand.
Exhibited at the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895 to 1914; with the Drexel Institute Collection, Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1915 to 1958, ref. no. 16.731; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the "Temple, Tomb, and Dwelling" exhibition at CSUSB, 1992-1993; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and periodically in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1994 to 2023
Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA, purchased from Superior Galleries, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1975; ex-Blumka collection, 1958; ex-Emil Brugsch Collection, curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Exhibited at the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895 to 1914; with the Drexel Institute Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1915 to 1958, ref. no. 16.731; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the "Temple, Tomb, and Dwelling" exhibition at CSUSB, 1992-1993; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and periodically in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1994 to 2023
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- Condition: Minor nicks and abrasions, with fading to pigment commensurate with age, and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to hieroglyphs. Old museum numbers handwritten on back.
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