EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION

New Kingdom, XXth Dynasty (Ca. 1185-1070 BC).
This mummiform shabti is made of blue glazed faience. The bipartite wig and the details such as the facial features, the usekh collar, etc., are painted in black. The arms crossed on the chest (the
right one on the left), are also outlined in black. The hands in light relief, clench their hoes. On the back the seed basket, is painted in black, and its crossed fibres are rendered by horizontal and
vertical lines. It is suspended on the shoulders by two straps. Single vertical column of hieroglyphic text, painted on the front of the figure framed by two vertical lines, names the owner, the bowman Neheh-heqa-djet. Unusually. the text continues under the feet
(fig.1) and on the back (fig. 2) of the shabti.
Size: 130mm x 40mm; Weight: 100g
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
This piece is accompanied by a report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
1000
Estimate: GBP 1500 - 2500