Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI WITH INSCRIPTION

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI WITH INSCRIPTION - Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Ca. 620 BC. A faience mummiform ushabti with a lappeted wig framing a rounded face, the forearms crossed on the chest above a tapering lower body. The front is inscribed in horizontal registers of hieroglyphs, and an integral back pillar runs down the reverse to a small rectangular base.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.130.1047a.Size: 110mm x 30mm; Weight: 44gProvenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.