ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI
Ca. 664-525 BC.
An ancient Egyptian funerary statuette with a mummy shaped body and back pillar standing on a small base plate. Modelled details, wearing a tripartite wig with visible ears, attached beard. Arms crossed in front of the chest, holding an agricultural implement in each hand and a seed basket on its back. A vertical column of framed hieroglyphs engraved on the front.
Size: L:110mm / W:30mm ; 45g
Provenance: Private London collection; ex. B. Kickx and J. Peeters collections, pre 1978, Belgium.
Estimate: GBP 150 - 300