An attractive Egyptian green faience ushabti, Late Period, c. 664 - 343 BC, mummiform, wearing tripartite wig and false beard, arms folded over chest, hands holding a pick and hoe, bag on back of left shoulder, vertical column of elegantly rendered text down the front, plinth on back. The ushabti had a natural lean and was set into the base at an angle nearly a century ago in an attempt to offset this. A very attractive example! H: 4 ¾ in, (12.1 cm). Repaired at knees and mounted on an antique wood base. Ex property of a Bedfordshire, England private collector and lecturer.

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