Code: 2657
Description: A pale green faience ushabti of flattened form comprising a mummiform figure wearing a tripartite wig and with the hands meeting above the waist holding a pair of hoes added in black. An outline basket indicated in black on the reverse. Inoffensive overall surface wear and broken at the neck with the head missing.
Size: 62 mm/2.4 ins. high
Culture: Egyptian
Date: Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1069-945 B.C.
Provenance: Ex UK private collection and acquired from the UK art market.
References: Compare Janes G. 2016. The Shabti Collections 6: A Selection from World Museum Liverpool, Olicar House Publications, Cheshire, p. 254 for similar but complete examples of the type.
