Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A mold-formed faience ushabti standing in mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth. The figure presents with fused legs while holding a pick and hoe in arms crossed atop the chest, and a rectangular seed bag is incised behind the left shoulder. The countenance bears bulging eyes, a petite nose, full lips, cupped ears, and a false beard, all framed within the lappets of the tripartite wig. The entire figure is enveloped in lustrous, turquoise-hued glaze that imbues the figure with an aquatic presentation, perhaps representative of the waters of the Nile River. Size: 1.625" W x 4.375" H (4.1 cm x 11.1 cm); 4.75" H (12.1 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, acquired by descendants of Mark and Lottie S., Hartsdale, New York, USA, 1950s to 1960s, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

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Minor pitting and encrustations across surfaces, with softening to some finer details particularly on face, and fading to glaze coloration in scattered areas, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to glaze pigment and overall form throughout.