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拍卖品 28:
RARE EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE USHABTI OF THE PRIEST PA-DI-USIR SON OF SETJA-IRET-BINT
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RARE EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE USHABTI OF THE PRIEST PA-DI-USIR SON OF SETJA-IRET-BINT
End of XXXth Dynasty/Beginning of the Ptolemaic Period (Ca. 379 - 280 BC). A faience ushabti with a tall, mummiform stance atop an integral rectangular plinth. The lower part of the body is inscribed with hieroglyphs. The figure holds a pick and hoe in crossed arms, with a thatched seed bag draped over the left shoulder. The face features almond-shaped eyes with elongated canthi, a slender nose with defined nostrils, indented mouth corners, cupped ears, and a plaited false beard. These details are framed by the striated lappets of a tripartite wig. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 62.64.1; The British Museum, Museum number EA64347; Christie's, Live Auction 21709, Antiquities, Lot 119. Size: 195mm x 55mm; Weight: 410g. Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. Aaron Gallery; Ex. UK private collection, 2000; Ex. Swiss collection, early 1980s until 2000; acquired on the Geneva art market, 1980. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
