Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI WITH INSCRIPTION

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI WITH INSCRIPTION - Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Ca. 620 BC. A faience ushabti standing on a narrow square plinth with a tapering mummiform body and the forearms crossed on the chest. A close-fitting wig frames an oval face with a false beard, and a slender back pillar descends to the base. A single vertical column of hieroglyphs runs down the front.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2021.41.126.Size: 118mm x 31mm; Weight: 51gProvenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.