An attractive Egyptian green-glazed ushabti with inscription down back, Late Period, c. 664 - 332 BC, depicted mummiform on integral base, wearing tripartite wig and false beard, arms folded across chest and holding a pick and hoe, bag over left shoulder and vertical plinth down back carrying the ushabti's inscription. H: 6 5/8 in (16.8 cm). Nice mottled green color with light deposits, antique base with inked notation 'Lot 43 Sotheby, June 29, 1894'. Ex New York private collection; Ex Walter Talbot Ready, Antiquary and Numismatist, London, early 1900's; Ex Sotheby's June 1894, Lot 43.

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