AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE OVERSEER SHABTI
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-664 BC.
An Egyptian blue-green faience ‘overseer’ shabti wearing a short-sleeved tunic and a projecting triangular apron. He wears a wig painted in black. The face is modelled in relief with facial features in black. The left arm is folded above the waist, and the hand holds a whip added in black. The right arm hangs down by the side of the body. The legs and feet are modelled. The front of the apron has a vertical column of inscription added in black, but the name of the owner cannot be read with any degree of certainty. With an old, inked label at the bottom of the wooden base.
H 10.7 cm

From an old English collection, acquired on the UK art market.