COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTIS

New Kingdom to Late Period, Ca. 1550 - 332 BC. A collection of four faience ushabtis, each mummiform with a tripartite wig, false beard, crossed arms, a plain lower body and a dorsal pillar at the back; one with a vertical column of hieroglyphs running down the front. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4495; 15.6.8; National Museum of Liverpool, 58.32.12. Size: 100-140mm x 30-45mm; Weight: 580g Provenance: From a private UK collection; earlier purchased on the London art market in the 1980s.