Egyptian faience ushabti of General Padj-horem-hab, Late Antique Egypt, 26th-7th Dynasty.

Egyptian faience ushabti of General Padj-horem-hab, Late Antique Egypt, 26th-7th Dynasty.
Light-blue glazed earthenware.
In good condition. Part of the left hip, small missing parts on one ear and on the nose, first restoration around 1891 by A. Barsanti, restoration renewed in a modern form.
Excavated by Gaston Maspero and his restorer Allesandro Barsanti near the pyramid of Unas at Saqqara around 1890.
Provenance: From an old French collection; ex Drouot / Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris auction 25 June 2014. Lot 103 / BB-Antiken &Asiatica, Germany, 2014/ Former T.W. collection, Germany, 2024.
Import 2024 has been requested.
Measurements: 13.3 cm.

Ushabti in the form of a mummy with plain wig in three parts, hands crossed on the chest, with seed basket and hand plough. Simple back pillar on the back. Beautiful saitic smile. Vertical hieroglyphic inscription on the body: ‘Padj-horem-hab (General) born of Bastet-herti’. The Ushabti is characterised by a great delicacy of facial features and hieroglyphs.