PAIR OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTIES

New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1550 - 664 BC. A pair of bright blue faience ushabtis, each mummiform with a schematically modelled face and false beard, the forearms crossed on the chest. The elongated bodies taper to integral squared plinths, the backs flat. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 25.3.19.160. Size: 70-72mm x 20-21mm; Weight: 38g Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.