SculptureEgyptian4th-1st millennium BCE
Ushabti
c. 3100-656 BCE
Description
This small Egyptian faience ushabti is a mummiform figure with arms crossed over the abdomen. A single line of hieroglyphic text detailed in a black glaze runs along the front of the figure from below the neck down the length of the figurine. Facial features are also indicated in a black glaze. The figure is broken at the base and has been dowelled to a wood block. The figure's color is more blue on the backside, while the front has dulled in color and is stained from handling.
Dimensions
5.95 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreSculpture
Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796)?
James Tassie, 18th century
Red glass relief on green glass ground
18th centuryBritishSculpture
Kneeling Apsaras Playing a Flute
Unknown Artist, first half 6th century
Gilt bronze
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Bull
Unknown Artist, 10th-8th century BCE
Leaded bronze
10th-8th century BCENeo-Hittite
Sculpture
Oliver Wolcott Gibbs (1822-1908)
Ernest Wise Keyser, 1911
Bronze
20th centuryAmericanSculpture
Standing Bodhisattva
Unknown Artist, 1st centuryBCE-4th century CE
Gray schist
1st-4th century CEGandharanSculpture
TERRA COTTA EX-VOTO STANDING FEMALE FIGURE FROM C ABSIOLI
Unknown Artist
Terracotta
Sculpture
Kneeling Youth with a Shell
George Minne, 1923
Bronze
20th centuryBelgianSculpture
Head of a Bodhisattva or Royal Figure
Unknown Artist, 3rd century-5th century CE
perhaps from Hadda, Afghanistan
3rd-5th century CEAfghanSculpture
Gorgon head
Unknown Artist
Terracotta
Sculpture
Kneeling Angel
Unidentified Artist, c. 1450-1460
Wood
15th centuryGermanSculpture
Octopus
Alexander Calder, 1944
Bronze
20th centuryAmericanSculpture
Economic Value Sunflower Honey
Joseph Beuys, c. 1977-1980
Glass jar of honey, printed label, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink, stamped
20th centuryGerman