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This is the rating and price for Egyptian Polychrome Ushabti For Wah-Smen, 2014



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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Estimate (low-high) : 1800 USD-2500 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 3C
Title : Egyptian Polychrome Ushabti For Wah-Smen, Period : 2014
Size : .625 L x 1.75 W (1.6 cm x 4.4 cm)
Condition report : Minor nicks and abrasions to legs, body, and head, with chipping and fading to areas of original pigmentation and hieroglyphic inscription, softening to some finer details, minor pitting, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of original pigment throughout.
Artemis Gallery, auctioneer, Louisville, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : VARIETY SALE | Antiquities & Ethnographic Art
Sale date : 23 Apr 2020 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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