EGYPTIAN FAIENCE USHABTI WITH INSCRIPTION. Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Ca. 620 BC. A faience ushabti standing on a narrow square plinth with a tapering mummiform body and the forearms crossed on the chest. A close-fitting wig frames an oval face with a false beard, and a slender back pillar descends to the base. A single vertical column of hieroglyphs runs down the front. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 2021.41.126. Size: 118mm x 31mm; Weight: 51g Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in R.H. private collection, Switzerland, 1980s-2007.