**Originally Listed At $300**

Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom period, 19th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1292 to 1076 BCE. A lovely fragment of a mold-formed faience ushabti that is covered in lustrous green glaze. The figure stands in mummiform and holds a pick and hoe in arms crossed atop the chest. The countenance is composed of almond-shaped eyes with elongated outer canthi, a broad nose above full lips, and cupped ears, all beneath a simple tripartite wig. Black pigment accentuates several features along the face and body, and a fragmentary column of hieroglyphic text in front of the legs would have presented the names of Osiris as well as the deceased. Size: 1.8" W x 3.4" H (4.6 cm x 8.6 cm); 5.8" H (14.7 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-Julian Bird collection, London, UK, acquired between 1970 and 2012

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#151303

This is a fragment of a larger ushabti figure. Minor abrasions to body, arms, and head, with fading to areas of original pigment and glaze, and light encrustations. Nice traces of original glaze color and pigment throughout, and light craquelure to scattered areas of glaze.