An Egyptian Pale Green Faience Ushabti of Neferka, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.

scribe of the Temple of Ptah and son of the lady Isis, holding the pick, hoe, and seed-sack, and wearing a braided beard and striated tripartite wig, nine lines of inscription in front, the finely modeled face with long eyebrows and cosmetic lines.

the architect, author, and photographer Wim Swaan, acquired circa 1965
the architect Harold Le Roith, Johannesburg
then by descent to the present owner

Excellent. There is a very small shallow chip on the proper left hand side of the base; the often-found brown staining is much more pronounced on areas of the back than in front, and the back has some encrustation. A modern inventory number in ink is underneath the base.
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Neferka is mentioned by J.-F. and L. Aubert (Statuettes égyptiennes: chaouabtis, ouchebtis, Paris, 1974) on pp. 254, 275, and 282. For other ushabtis of Neferka see Sotheby's, New York, The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities and Ancient Glass, June 20th, 1990, no. 21, and Sotheby's, New York, June 12th, 1993, nos. 66 and 67.