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Description : Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom period, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE. A stunning ushabti carved from creamy yellow alabaster with natural white, beige, and dark-brown veining creating a ringed effect throughout the composition. The figure is presented standing in mummiform with fused legs, hands crossed atop the chest while holding the symbolic pick and hoe, and with faint traces of an incised seed bag behind the left shoulder. The serene countenance is composed of almond-shaped eyes, a slender nose, thin lips, and smooth cheeks tapering to a rounded chin, all beneath a simple tripartite wig. The front and back of the legs each display a column of inscribed hieroglyphic text that when translated reads, The illuminate, the Osiris, Iry-Iry, true of voice… (front), If I should be called at anytime to do work… (back). Traces of original black, white, yellow, and orange-red pigment are visible and suggest this figure at one time was brightly painted. Size: 2.4 W x 6.875 H (6.1 cm x 17.5 cm), 7.6 H (19.3 cm) on included custom stand. The ancient Egyptians believed that after they died, their spirits would have to work in the Field of Reeds owned by the god of the underworld, Osiris. This meant doing agricultural labor, and it was required by all members of society, from workers to pharaohs. During the Pharaonic period, they had become so necessary and elaborate that some tombs contained one worker for every day of the year and thirty-six overseers, each responsible for ten laborers. Workers like these are from that period of enormous proliferation, and are some of our best surviving insights into ancient Egyptian funerary practices. A stylistically-similar example with incised details hammered for GBP 6,250 ($8,057.50) at Christie's, London, South Kensington Antiquities auction (sale 7207, October 25, 2012, lot 46): Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection, ex-Norman Blankman collection, New York, New York, USA, purchased in Cairo, Egypt from El Shaer in the 1950s 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. #146190
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