Description:

Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to early Late Dynastic Period, 22nd to 26th Dynasty, ca. 943 to 525 BCE. A hand-built faience female figure presenting nude with arms held aloft above her head. Above her black-painted coiffure is a vertically striped basket, perhaps filled with offerings or other accoutrements. Her arms and legs bear dozens of black stripes while her pubis is adorned with a solid panel of black pigment similar to her nipples, eyes, and hair. Though figures like this example were typically identified as "concubines" and buried with men in ancient Egypt - as it was believed to ensure the man's fertility and sexual pleasure in the afterlife - scholars now posit these figures as fertility symbols kept by both men and women to enhance one's fertility/virility, even in the afterlife. Size: 0.84" L x 1.91" W x 5.45" H (2.1 cm x 4.9 cm x 13.8 cm); 5.75" H (14.6 cm) on included custom stand.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 86.1.55

Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, New York New York, USA, March 26, 2019; ex-William Kelly Simpson estate

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  • Condition: Repair to head with small areas of restoration, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Loss to proper right arm as shown. Light abrasions and fading to pigment, with light earthen deposits, otherwise in excellent condition. Great preservation to overall form, and nice remains of original glaze pigment throughout.

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