Muinainen Egypti, myöhäinen kausi Turkoosi fajanssi Anepigrafinen Ushabti - 10.5 cm

Ancient Egyptian Turquoise Faience Ushabti

Date: Circa 664-595 BC
Period: Late Period, late 26th Dynasty
Height: 10,5 cm.
Material: Turquoise Faience

-Provenance:
Ex. Collection Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ex. Collection Mr. H.K. Amsterdam

Note: Property from Very Important Dutch Private Collection!
The collection consists of ca. 14 Chinese pottery objects (including horses form the Six dynasties to Tang dynasty, attendants, musicians, guards of honor, camels) and 10 Egyptian objects, all objects will be auctioned in the coming Catawiki auctions.

- from the H. K. collections.
Mr. H. K. was one of the Dutch foremost art collectors, the range of whose interests was extraordinary. These included Chinese, Egyptian, Pre-Columbian, and South-East Asian art.

Mr. K. was chairman of the ABU from 1999 to 2014. In addition, K. was chairman of Youth Care Netherlands, member of the Social-Economic Council (SER), columnist for “Het Financieele Dagblad”, active at VNO-NCW, advisor to the presidium of the House of Representatives, he held many supervisory positions and was active at FNV. He was consistently one of the 200 most influential people in the Netherlands, according to de Volkskrant!

An Egyptian turquoise glazed, faience shabti with hieroglyphs to the back. The figure is depicted in typical form wearing a lappet-wig, framing a modelled face. Parallel hands, resting beneath the chest, hold an adze, a hoe and the string of the seed-basket that hangs over the shoulder. The front of the shabti is undecorated.

Note: It will be professionally packed and safely sent within 3 working days by FedEx. Shipped with Insurance!

- A Certificate of Authenticity from Becker Antiques (specialist in Asian art since 1969, Amsterdam) will accompany the item.

Our Guarantee: The above item is guaranteed to be of the time period and condition as described, has been purchased legally and is legal to buy and sell under all international laws to cultural patrimony.

- All items legal to buy/sell under The Netherlands covering cultural patrimony, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

Condition: Very good condition. Original pigment. Wear consistent with the age, some loss of colour, re-glued (all original parts).

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It will be professionally packed and safely sent by FedEx.
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