Description:

Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. A mold-formed faience ushabti figure of regal presentation standing in mummiform while holding a pick and hoe in arms crossed atop the chest. The prominent face exhibits almond-shaped eyes with sweeping brows, a nose with wide nostrils, full lips above a black-painted false beard, and cupped ears, all beneath a black tripartite wig. Six lines of hieroglyphs are impressed across the legs and lower body and, while untranslated, perhaps provide the names of Osiris and the deceased. Size: 1.25" W x 3.8" H (3.2 cm x 9.7 cm); 4.5" H (11.4 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private San Francisco, California, USA collection; ex-D. Meyerson Estate, California, USA, acquired 1980s to 1990s

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#172379

  • Condition: Fragment of a larger figure; feet missing as shown. Several stable hairline fissures to glaze pigment, with small nicks to one arm, top of head, and verso, softening to finer details and hieroglyphs, light fading and darkening to glaze in scattered areas, and chipping along some fissures. Great preservation to figural form and glaze pigment in most areas. Bottom of figure is adhered within cavity atop display stand and cannot be removed.

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