Lot 1
Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A classic example of a faience ushabti (shabti), pale seafoam green, with black details painted on the head and upper body, giving the figure its mummiform details. There is also a black-painted line of hieroglyphs down the front of the body. Ushabti were placed in tombs as grave goods, created to do manual labor for the deceased in the afterlife. As a result, they are frequently depicted with arms crossed, holding hoes and baskets, as this one is. Towards the end of the Pharaonic period, they had become so necessary and elaborate that some tombs contained one worker for every day of the year and thirty-six overseers, each responsible for ten laborers. Workers like this one are from that period of enormous proliferation, and are some of our best surviving insights into ancient Egyptian funerary practices. Many are inscribed with pleas to Osiris. Size: 1.55" W x 4.7" H (3.9 cm x 11.9 cm)
Provenance: private Florida, USA collection
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#126150
- Condition: Repaired from two pieces, with some encrustation in the lower profile areas. On the lower back, someone has written catalogue information in pencil.
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