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THBLarge Egyptian Late Period Glazed Faience Ushabti
Lot 13
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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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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world - Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern; Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India; Fine Art from the 17th century to present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world - Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern; Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India; Fine Art from the 17th century to present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A beautiful mold-formed faience ushabti colored in reflective layers of green and blue-green glaze. The figure stands in mummiform with fused legs atop an integral rectangular plinth, crosses bulbous hands across the chest while grasping the symbolic pick and hoe, and has a small incised seed bag behind the left shoulder. The narrow head boasts almond-shaped eyes beneath thick brows, a broad nose, full lips above a plaited false beard, and cupped ears, all beneath a tripartite wig. Ten lines of inscribed hieroglyphic text wraps around the legs, and a faded cartouche - perhaps that of Pharaoh Ahmose II - is present along the figure's left side. Though untranslated, the text would mention the name of the deceased as well as provide an invocation from Chapter 6 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead (or Book of Going Forth by Day). Size: 1.625" W x 6.5" H (4.1 cm x 16.5 cm); 7.5" H (19 cm) on included custom stand.
Ushabti dolls are figures shaped like adult male or female mummies wearing 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 wealthier nobility in Egyptian society were able to have shabtis made of faience; blue faience was meant to reflect the color of the river Nile both on earth and in the afterlife.
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-private Arizona, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s
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#146176Minor abrasions to legs, body, and head, with fading to original glaze pigmentation, and softening to some hieroglyphic symbols, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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