A blue glaze faience with details added in black. Mummiform shabti wearing a tripartite wig with sashed headband added in black tied at the back. The arms are crossed right over left on the chest, and the hands hold a pair of hoes added in black. A small basket is carried on the back. The face is oval in shape and has large eyes with brows painted black. A vertical column of hieroglyphs on the front reads: ‘The Osiris, Nes-pa-her-an’.

Shabtis for this owner are from the Priests of Amun Cache at Deir el-Bahari, Western Thebes discovered in 1891.

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty (ca 1069-945BC).

Very Fine condition. Complete and intact.

Height 10.2 cms (4 ins)
NB. Not supplied with stand.

Provenance: From an American collection, then by descent to a German dealer.

For similar, see National Museums Liverpool: Accession number 56.5.24

See also: Museu Nacional de Arqueoligia Lissabon (Inventarnumber E457) Schneider code 4.3.1 Parallels Liliane Aubert, Les statuettes funéraires de la Deuxieme Cachette a Deir-el-Bahari, Nr 22.

Schlögl/Brodbeck, Ägyptische Totenfiguren aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Schweiz, Seite 176, Nr 108/108a.