EGYPTIAN POTTERY USHABTI

New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1550 - 664 BC. A pottery ushabti, mummiform and wearing a tripartite wig framing an oval face. Forearms are crossed on the chest and grip a hoe and a pick. A rectangular seed basket sits on the back. The tapering body bears a vertical column of hieroglyphs in brown pigment and ends in a rounded foot. For similar see: L. Graham, A Shabti of "Tjehebu the Great:" Tjainhebu (TAy-n-Hbw) and Related Names from Middle Kingdom to Late Period, f. 2. Size: 125mm x 36mm; Weight: 82g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1990s UK Ancient art collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.