Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI - Late to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC.A beautiful mummiform ushabti decorated with a light blue glaze and applied black pigment on the triparttite wig and Osiran false beard. There is also some remaining black pigment on the chest. This ushabti is flat-backed, resting against a pillar and standing atop a square base with crossed arms. Ushabti's were mummiform dolls buried with the deceased, often in great numbers. Their main function was to ensure the individual's comfort and freedom from daily labour in the next life.Size: 70mm x 20mm; Weight: 18gProvenance: From the private collection of a Kent gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK /European art markets.