Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE-BLUE FAIENCE USHABTI OF TJAI-NE-HEBU, ADMIRAL OF THE ROYAL FLEET, 26TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AMASIS, 570-526 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 3, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE-BLUE FAIENCE USHABTI OF TJAI-NE-HEBU, ADMIRAL OF THE ROYAL FLEET, 26TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AMASIS, 570-526 B.C.
born to Ta-nefer-ity, holding the hoe, pick, and seed-sack over his left shoulder, and wearing a braided beard with curled tip and tripartite wig, the ten lines of inscription beginning and ending at the back pillar.
Height 18 cm.
Swedish private collection, early 20th Century (based on labels handwritten in Swedish and applied to the underside of the base)
Bukowskis, Stockholm, December 4th-6th, 2001, no. 1297 (part), illus.
See note to lot 67.