DESCRIPTION: A faience ushabti of the 20th Dynasty, the deceased possibly female. The figure wears the tripartite wig, horizontal bands below the face representing jewelry or a broad funerary collar, with arms folded across the chest and hands clenched, holding the broad and narrow bladed hoes, which are schematically rendered. A basket is rendered on the back, beneath the headdress. The partially legible inscription in a single column down the front beginning: "The Osiris..." All details are rendered in black against a pale blue surface, which is generally well preserved, with good color, other than some rubbing, particularly on the figure's back.

PROVENANCE: Property from an English deceased estate.

PUBLISHED: Bonhams, London, ANTIQUITIES, 28 October, 2009, Lot #349, described on page 195.

COMPARISONS: For a closely related though slightly later example, see Searching for Ancient Egypt, David P. Silverman, ed., Dallas Museum of Art, 1997, # 84A, ushabti of Queen Henuttawy of Dynasty 21.