Bidspirit auction | GROUP OF TEN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE

GROUP OF TEN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTIS - Late Period - Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BCA group of Egyptian faience ushabti. These ten figures are depicted in a mummiform posture with fused legs, and are adorned with green glaze. The small figurines, known as shabtis, were conventionally placed in tombs to perform agricultural duties and other forms of manual labor on behalf of the deceased in the afterlife. A full collection typically consisted of 401 shabtis: 365 laborers, symbolising each day of the year, and 36 overseers, representing each ten-day week. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 2021.41.150.Size: 57-65mm x 20-23mm; Weight: 96gProvenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s; previously in 1970s UK collection.