COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTIS

Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BC. A collection of six faience shabtis covered in lustrous layers of green and turquoise-hued glaze. The ushabtis stand mummiform atop an integral rectangular plinth, holding the symbolic pick and hoe in arms crossed atop the chest, with a seed bag incised behind the left shoulder. The narrow countenance features almond-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, a false beard, and cupped ears beneath a simple tripartite wig. For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: 2021.41.150; 74.51.4495. Size: 115-120mm x 35-40mm; Weight: 340g Provenance: Private US collection, acquired in the European art market, 1990s.