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An Egyptian Faience Ushabti
Height 6 3/16 inches (16 cm).
Estimate: $800-$1,200
Sold
$650
Live Auction
Antiquities and Ancient Art, Session II
Size
Height 6 3/16 inches (16 cm).
Description
An Egyptian Faience Ushabti
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Height 6 3/16 inches (16 cm).
Property from a California Private Collection
Provenance
Provenance:
Private Collection, East Yorkshire, UK.
Hawley’s Auctioneers, UK, November 2015.
Note:
Three vertical columns of hieroglyphs reading from right to left. The inscription is a form of Chapter 6 from the Book of the Dead, the so-called “Shabty Spell.” Full translation available upon request.