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THBEgyptian Faience Ushabti - Stunning Blue Hues!
Lot 7
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Sep 17, 2020
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2020-09-17 10:00:00
2020-09-17 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : CLEARANCE - Ancient, Pre-Columbian, Ethno Art
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End-of-Summer Clearance sale featuring discounted pricing on antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Viking, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, more! Starting prices have been reduced up to 65% from original auction prices. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
End-of-Summer Clearance sale featuring discounted pricing on antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Viking, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, more! Starting prices have been reduced up to 65% from original auction prices. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. A mold-formed faience ushabti figure with a stunning turquoise blue glaze, upright in a mummiform position: feet jutting from the base and fused legs below the folded arms and forward facing head. The facial details are defined with a cobalt blue pigment, all is crowned by a traditional wig. Other painted lines form the headband and tops of the hoes. The wealthy and nobility of Egyptian society commissioned ushabtis made of faience such as this piece; the brilliant blue faience reflects the color of the river Nile both on earth and in the afterlife. Size: 1.375" W x 2.875" H (3.5 cm x 7.3 cm); 3.5" H (8.9 cm) on included custom stand.
Ushabti (or shabti) dolls are figures shaped like adult male or female mummies wearing the traditional ancient Egyptian headdresses. The ancient Egyptians believed that after they died, their spirits would have to work in the "Field of Reeds" owned by the god of the underworld, Osiris. This meant doing agricultural labor and it was required by all members of society, from workers to Pharaohs. The hieroglyphic inscriptions imbued the ushabti with power and they became servants that did the hard labor for their masters in the afterlife. This ushabti has painted hoes and is thus ready to aid in this task. By the Third Intermediate period, this practice 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!
Provenance: ex-Estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA acquired before 2000
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#158362Repaired from two pieces and slight restoration over the break lines. Surface wear, abrasions, and softening of details. Mineral deposits and brightly painted areas.Condition
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