EARTHENWARE CHAOUABTI IN THE NAME OF THE DIVINE FATHER OF AMON AMENEMOPÉ Egyptian art, Third Intermediate Period, second half of the 21st dynasty Statuette of a mummiform funerary servant in blue earthenware, wearing a striped tripartite wig, his arms crossed over his chest, holding two ploughing implements and a seed sack on his back. It is painted all around with hieroglyphic inscriptions: "The Prophet of Amun-Re, King of the gods, in charge of confidential affairs, Superior of the draughtsmen of the domain of Amun, Amenemopé justified says: it is I who seek the Inert (? cynocephalous Thoth), the native of Ounou (Hermopolis); I live from the entrails of the Great Ape". Height 10 cm high Related bibliography : J.F. and L. Aubert, Statuettes Égyptiennes, Paris, 1974, p.174 H. Schlögl, Le don du Nil. Egyptian Art in Swiss Collections, Basel, 1978: n°132 Provenance: Former private collection from the south of France, acquired on the French art market in the 1960s French private collection, acquired from previous owner, 2014 The statuettes of the divine father of Amenemopé, recognisable by their beautiful blue colour and their abundant inscriptions, are also distinguished by the unusual choice of text: Chapter V of the Book of the Dead, rather than the traditional Chapter VI, thus demonstrating the knowledge that our deceased possessed that was beyond the reach of the living. Although they are made from Deir el-Bahari blue earthenware, it was in the tombs of Assassif that these chaouabtis slumbered, and they were dispersed in the 19th century, joining numerous private collections and international museums in Berlin, Brooklyn, Brussels, Bucharest, London and Oxford. An Egyptian blue-glazed faience shabti for Amenemope, Third Intermediate Period, Second half of the 21st Dynasty The statuettes of Amenemopé, the divine father of Amun, can be recognised by their beautiful blue colour and their abundant inscriptions, but they are also distinguished by the unusual choice of text: Chapter V of the Book of the Dead, rather than the traditional Chapter VI, is proof of the knowledge that our deceased possessed that was beyond the reach of the living. Although they are made from Deir el-Bahari blue earthenware, it was in the tombs of Assassif that these chaouabtis slumbered, and they were dispersed in the 19th century, joining numerous private collections and international museums in Berlin, Brooklyn, Brussels, Bucharest, London and Oxford.