Faience Shabti of the Scribe Iuwy

Culture: Egyptian

Period: New Kingdom, 19th dynasty, 1292-1189 B.C.

Material: Faience

Dimensions: 11.9 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 1489

Provenance: Charles Ede Gallery, London prior to 1983. In April 1983 acquired by the Dr. W. Benson Harer family collection. Thence in a family estate.

Condition: Age-related cracks in the glaze, otherwise very beautifully preserved.

Description: Rare, multi-color glazed shabti of white faience mentioning as the owner "the scribe of the offering tables of the ruler of the two kingdoms, Iuwy". The face and the hands are painted red brown. Eyes, brows, mouth, wig, collar, as well as the hoes in both hands and the hieroglyphs are applied in black. The shabti in typical mummiform with the arms crossed in front of the chest. The tripartite wig cascades in the back to the nape and in the front in two lobs over the shoulder. The face is round with the features worked out and a sculptural nose. A rare shabti in beautiful quality that was exhibited several times and published. Published in: G. Scott "Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection", San Bernadino 1992, p. 99, No. 57b. Exhibited in the San Bernadino University Art Gallery in 1992. Thence in the Arizona State University Museum in 1993, in the San Antonio Museum of Art from 1993 to 1996, as well as in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art in California from 1997 to 2010. Mounted.