Ancient Egypt. Late Period, c. 664 - 30 BC. Small Egyptian faience ushabti. Crudely made but in perfect condition with vibrant blue color. 39 mm (1 9/16"). Ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AE2326: $125 SOLD
Ancient Egypt. Late Period, c. 664 - 30 BC. Small Egyptian faience ushabti. Crudely made but in perfect condition with vibrant blue color. 36 mm (1 3/8"). Ex-J. Rilling private collection, Orange County, CA. #AE2323: $125 SOLD
Ancient Egypt. Late Period, c. 664-323 BC. Miniature green-glazed ushabti. H: 48 mm (1 7/8"). Nice seafoam-green color. Ex Victorian Collection near Essex, England. #AE2500: $125 SOLD
Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, c. 664-535 BC. Very large faience ushabti. Depicted mummiform, arms crossed, holding pick and hoe. Vertical register of heiroglyphic inscription of the Book of the Dead down front. The green glaze now turned brown. Weathered surfaces, likely from flooding in the tomb over the millennia. 15 cm (6 inches) tall! Ex New York City private collection acquired on the London art market in the latter 20th century. #AE3172: $650 SOLD
Ancient Egypt. Third Intermediate Period, 21th Dynasty, c. 1070-945 BC. Nice bicolor faience ushabti. Depicted mummiform, wearing tripartite wig with seshed headband, arms folded at chest, hands holding hoes, bag at center of back and vertical column of hieroglyphic text from the Book of the Dead down the front of the legs. H: 3 7/8” (10cm). Nice light blue color with well defined text in black. Repaired at midsection. Purchased at Argosy Art & Artifacts 5/9/86. #PV018: $750 SOLD
Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, c. 664-535 BC. Nice faience ushabti, Burial figure left in the tomb of the dead to serve as a servant in the afterlife. Depicted mummiform, arms crossed, holding pick and hoe. Vertical register of hieroglyphic inscription of the Book of the Dead down front. Blue-green to brown coloration. H: 3 3/4". Ex London, UK private collection; previous in the Kick and Peeters collections, Belgium, acquired before 1978. #AE3272: $250 SOLD
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Ancient Egypt, Late Period, c. 664 - 343 BC. Nice blue-green faience ushabti. Mummiform, with false beard, arms folded across chest, hands holding a pick and hoe. H: 88 mm (3 1/2"), with excellent facial detail! ex-Simonian family collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1960's. #AE2559: $325 SOLD
A very nice Egyptian wood ushabti, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, c. 1350 - 1200 BC, mummiform with long wig and arms folded at mid-section. The wig and facial details nicely highlighted in black paint. H: 7 1/2 in (19 cm). Light deposits. Ex collection of Maj. James Findlay, Scotland, acquired in the 1950's-60's, thence by descent. Ex Bonham's, London. #AE3085: $1200 SOLD
A huge Egyptian faience ushabti, Ptolemaic Period, c. 332 - 30 BC. On integral base, depicted mummiform, wearing tripartite wig and false beard, arms folded at chest and holding a pick and hoe; vertical plinth at back. Interesting Ptolemaic style mirrored on amulets of the period! H: 6 7/9 in (17.5 cm). Nice blue-green and black glaze. Ex Shropshire, UK private collection. #AE3214: $950 SOLD
Ancient Egypt. Late Dynastic period, c. 664-535 BC. An excellent and highly desirable faience ushabti. Depicted mummiform, standing on rectangular plinth with crossed arms holding the symbolic pick and hoe, seed back over shoulder. Heiroglyphic inscription from the Book of the Dead on the front. Exceptionally fine details on the face and very high quality for the period. Light seafoam blue-green color. H: 75mm (3 inches). Ex Frontini collection, Cleveland, Ohio. A mini masterpiece! #TF053: $1200 SOLD
Ancient Egypt. Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, c. 664-30 BC. A nice faience ushabti. Depicted mummiform, standing on rectangular plinth with crossed arms holding the symbolic pick and hoe, seed back over shoulder. Incredibly sharp heiroglyphic inscription from the Book of the Dead on the front as well as back. Great quality for the period. Light nice blue-green color. H: 86mm (3 3/8”). Ex old New York City collection, purchased at Secret Eyes Gallery, New York, in the 1970's-1980’s. #AE3240: $650 SOLD
Ancient Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th to 20th Dynasty, c. 1292 - 1077 BC. Excellent terracotta ushabti, depicted mummiform, wearing tripartite wig with curled locks, arms folded across chest, hands holding pick and hoe, basket at center of back. The paint is well-preserved with red-brown skin tone, yellow horizontal stripes down the length of the body and black wig, cosmetic details and vertical column of text down the front. H: 6 5/8" (16.8 cm). Intact, and extremely well preserved. Stand not included. Ex Nomis Antiquities; ex Simian family collection, Switzerland, formed in the 1960’s. A superb and tcranslated Egyptian Polychrome Ushabti for Wah-Smen, 'Illuminate, the Osiris, Wah-Smen, [the one who] lays down the record.' An attractive example of a mold-formed pottery ushabti covered in white pigment and accentuated with areas of red and black. The figure stands in mummiform with fused legs and three yellow 'bandages,' holds a black-painted pick and hoe in arms crossed atop the chest, and has a seed bag painted on the verso. The peaceful visage exhibits almond-shaped eyes with elongated corners, a slender nose, full lips, and a tapered chin, all beneath a black tripartite wig with lengthy lappets and a white fillet wrapped around the middle. When translated, a black hieroglyphic inscription down the legs reads, ""The Illuminate, the Osiris, Wah-Smen, [the one who] lays down the record." For a stylistically similar example for Tamakit, wife of Khonsu, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 86.1.26. Another stylistically similar example, of a smaller size, hammered for $7,500 at Christie's, New York "Antiquities" auction (sale 3403, December 11, 2014, lot 56). Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Julian Bird collection, London, UK, acquired between 1970 and 2012. Minor nicks and abrasions to legs, body, and head, with chipping and fading to areas of original pigmentation and hieroglyphic inscription, softening to some finer details, minor pitting, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of original pigment throughout. #AE3358: $1500 SOLD
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Ancient Egypt, Late Period, c. 664 - 343 BC. Nice faience ushabti. Mummiform, with false beard, arms folded across chest, hands holding a pick and hoe. H: 88 mm (3 7/16"), with excellent facial detail! Light blue to green to purple in color. ex-Simonian family collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1960's. #AE2577: $325 SOLD
Ancient Egypt. Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, c. 664-332 BC. Great green faience ushabti. Depicted mummiform, standing on rectangular plinth with crossed arms holding the symbolic pick and hoe, seed back over shoulder. Fine details on the face and high quality for the period. Mounted on an old (late 1800's to mid 1900's) custom brass base. H: 88mm (94 mm including base). Ex New York City private collection. #AE3171: $650 SOLD
Ancient Egypt. Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, c. 664-30 BC. A gorgeous little bright blue faience ushabti. Depicted mummiform, with crossed arms holding the symbolic pick and hoe. H: 66mm (2 1/2”), with vibrant blue glaze. Purchased at Argosy Art & Artifacts 5/9/86. #PV019: $325 SOLD
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New Kingdom Egypt. 20th Dynasty, 1185-1070 BC. Large wood ushabti, from a very old and notable collection. Depicted mummiform, standing on rounded plinth with crossed arms. The wood is a very dark brown, stained and with traces of the bitumen coating that once covered it when buried with a mummy. H: 15cm (5 7/8”). Ex collection of H. Ryder Haggard, author of "King Solomon's Mines" and "She", collected by him in Egypt, ca. 1900. #PV014: $1250 SOLD
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