Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek
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Egyptian Bright Blue Glazed faience Ushabtis for Psamtek

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Late Period, reign of Amasis, circa 570-526 B.C.The handsome standing magical servant figure wearing a striated wig and holding farming implements, the body inscribed with nine horizontal bands of hieroglyphics naming Psamtek, son of Seba-Rekhyt

Size  7-1/4 inches 18.3cm high + custom mount.

Provenance: Probably Saqqara.  Ronald Ernest Summerfield (1916-1989) collection, Cheltenham, sold in a multi-day auction at Cheltenham Racecourse, October 1989.  Private collection, U.K. acquired from the above auction, thence by descent to the present owner.

Cf. G. Janes, Shabtis, A Private View, Paris, 2002, p. 173-175, no. 90. The exact location of Psamtek's tomb is unknown but it is thought that he was buried at Saqqara near other notable officials such as Heka-em-saf and Tjai-ne-hebu. Various shabtis for Psamtek are found in museums throughout Europe including the British Museum (acc. nos EA 49419, 49420, 66822), Paris, Marseille, Brussels and Munich.

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