Uschebti aus Fayence, Ägypten Spätzeit - Lot n° 4

Ushebti, faience, Egypt, late period - Egyptian, mummy-shaped burial gift with small base, leaning against a pillar, owner's name indicated in hieroglyphs. The figure, wearing a wig and beard, holds a hoe and a stick in his hands and carries a small bag of seeds over his shoulder as a reference to his role as a worker in substitution for the dead in the hereafter. Faience material with green-blue glaze. Height ca. 17,5cm. Weight 146g. From old private collection. With certificate. Signs of use due to age, some cracks and small burstings, glaze and figure rubbed off.