An exceptional Egyptian Faience Ushabti for Wah-ib-re-em-akhet, 26th Dynasty, 664 - 525 BC Shabtis December 2003

December 2003

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The surface face is flat and dominated by an incised rosette within an unembellished margin

02 inches)

JGM Gallery

An exceptional Egyptian Faience Ushabti for Wah-ib-re-em-akhet, 26th Dynasty, 664 - 525 BC Shabtis December 2003Of exceptional quality, a green glazed composition ushabti for Wah ib re em akhet, shown standing on a trapezoidal base and raised pillar at the back, moulded in mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and plaited divine beard. The face is defined with incised mouth, large almond shaped eyes, the arms are crossed on the chest, hands protude from the shroud, the fists holding an adze and hoe for work in the afterlife, the right hand also holding a twisted