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THBTranslated Egyptian Alabaster Ushabti for Iry Iry
Lot 4a
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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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- Lot Description
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom period, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE. A stunning ushabti carved from creamy yellow alabaster with natural white, beige, and dark-brown veining creating a ringed effect throughout the composition. The figure is presented standing in mummiform with fused legs, hands crossed atop the chest while holding the symbolic pick and hoe, and with faint traces of an incised seed bag behind the left shoulder. The serene countenance is composed of almond-shaped eyes, a slender nose, thin lips, and smooth cheeks tapering to a rounded chin, all beneath a simple tripartite wig. The front and back of the legs each display a column of inscribed hieroglyphic text that when translated reads, "The illuminate, the Osiris, Iry-Iry, true of voice…" (front); "If I should be called at anytime to do work…" (back). Traces of original black, white, yellow, and orange-red pigment are visible and suggest this figure at one time was brightly painted. Size: 2.4" W x 6.875" H (6.1 cm x 17.5 cm); 7.6" H (19.3 cm) on included custom stand.
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. During the Pharaonic period, they 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. Workers like these are from that period of enormous proliferation, and are some of our best surviving insights into ancient Egyptian funerary practices.
A stylistically-similar example with incised details hammered for GBP 6,250 ($8,057.50) at Christie's, London, South Kensington Antiquities auction (sale 7207, October 25, 2012, lot 46): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/ancient-art-antiquities/an-egyptian-alabaster-shabti-new-kingdom-dynasty-5609480-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5609480&sid=4bb0845d-3354-40f5-b2c9-2fb3b77aa2c1
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Norman Blankman collection, New York, New York, USA, purchased in Cairo, Egypt from El Shaer in the 1950s
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#146190Losses to feet as shown. Nicks and abrasions to legs, chest, and head, with softening to some finer details and hieroglyphic text, and extensive fading to original pigmentation. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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