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THBEgyptian Faience Ushabti with Hieroglyphics
Lot 4
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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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Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A remarkable mold-formed faience ushabti with a column of hieroglyphs inscribed horizontally across the waist and vertically in front of the legs and chest. The mummiform figure stands atop an integral plinth while holding tools intended to help with agricultural work in the afterlife; a pick and hoe in crossed arms, as well as a braided rope carrying a bag over its left shoulder. Framed with the lappets of the tripartite wig, the ancient visage displays a pair of almond-shaped eyes, a broad nose, and a smirking mouth above a plaited false beard. Lustrous glaze of sky blue and indigo envelops the entire figure in wondrous color. Size: 1.5" W x 5.25" H (3.8 cm x 13.3 cm)
Ushabti (or shabti) dolls are figures shaped like adult male or female mummies wearing traditional ancient Egyptian headdresses that were left in tombs to function as servants for the recently deceased and help them with agricultural work in the afterlife. 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 was required by all members of society, from workers to pharaohs.
Provenance: Private European collection, acquired in the 1970s-1980s
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#162426Expected surface wear with light abrasions and minor softening of detail. Otherwise, outstandingly well preserved with excellent remaining pigment.Condition
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