Ushebti; Egypt, Lower Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 2nd-1st century BC. Fayenza. Wooden base. Attached
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Ushebti; Egypt, Lower Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 2nd-1st century BC.
Fayenza. Wooden base.
Attached photocopy of purchase invoice dated 1984.
Provenance: Private collection in Barcelona.
Measurements: 11 cm (height); 13 cm (total height with base).
Ushebtis are small statuettes that were placed in tombs as part of the grave goods of the deceased. The oldest surviving examples come from the Middle Kingdom, although references to them can be found in texts from the end of the Early Empire. Throughout the ages they always maintained the same function in the religious sphere, but while during the Middle Empire they were conceived of as representing their owner before Osiris in the tasks of tilling the kingdom of the shadows, replicas of the deceased, from the New Empire onwards they came to be seen as servants or slaves of the deceased, and were produced in large quantities.
Fayenza. Wooden base.
Attached photocopy of purchase invoice dated 1984.
Provenance: Private collection in Barcelona.
Measurements: 11 cm (height); 13 cm (total height with base).
Ushebtis are small statuettes that were placed in tombs as part of the grave goods of the deceased. The oldest surviving examples come from the Middle Kingdom, although references to them can be found in texts from the end of the Early Empire. Throughout the ages they always maintained the same function in the religious sphere, but while during the Middle Empire they were conceived of as representing their owner before Osiris in the tasks of tilling the kingdom of the shadows, replicas of the deceased, from the New Empire onwards they came to be seen as servants or slaves of the deceased, and were produced in large quantities.
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Ushebti; Egypt, Lower Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 2nd-1st century BC. Fayenza. Wooden base. Attached
Estimate €400 - €500
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