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Description : Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1292 to 1077 BCE. An attractive example of a mold-formed pottery ushabti covered in white pigment and accentuated with areas of red and black. The figure stands in mummiform with fused legs and three yellow 'bandages,' holds a black-painted pick and hoe in arms crossed atop the chest, and has a seed bag painted on the verso. The peaceful visage exhibits almond-shaped eyes with elongated corners, a slender nose, full lips, and a tapered chin, all beneath a black tripartite wig with lengthy lappets and a white fillet wrapped around the middle. When translated, a black hieroglyphic inscription down the legs reads, The Illuminate, the Osiris, Wah-Smen, [the one who] lays down the record. Size: 1.8 W x 6.2 H (4.6 cm x 15.7 cm), 6.8 H (17.3 cm) on included custom stand. For a stylistically similar example for Tamakit, wife of Khonsu, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 86.1.26 Another stylistically similar example, of a smaller size, hammered for $7,500 at Christie's, New York Antiquities auction (sale 3403, December 11, 2014, lot 56). Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, ex-Julian Bird collection, London, UK, acquired between 1970 and 2012 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #153110
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