Bidspirit auction | RARE EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE USHABTI

RARE EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE USHABTI FOR NESTANEBICHERU - Egypt, Royal Cache at Deir el- Bahri, 21st Dynasty, Ca. 970 BC. A blue and black faience ushabti foreman in the name of Nestanébichérou. He is in the costume of the living, wearing the loincloth, a black wig and holding the whip in his right hand. The front is painted with a hieroglyphic column: ”The Osiris Nestanébichérou justified”. Nestanébichérou was the daughter of Pinedjem II and Nesikhonsu. She was buried in the royal cache of Deir el-Bahari in the year 13 of an unspecified king, probably Siamun. She held seven offices as prophet of different divinities honoured between Elephantine and Artimidos. For a similar Nestanébichérou foreman, cf. Louvre E 7681. Comparative bibliography: J. & L. Aubert, Statuettes égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, p. 145. Tanis, L'or des pharaons, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1987, pp. 126-127. Size: 140mm x 56mm; Weight: 225g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Pierre Berge, 1 June 2012, lot 60. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.