Ushabti Group of a Couple

ca. 1250 BCE (New Kingdom)

8 cm 13 cm 3.7 cm

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"Ushabti" group representations are quite rare and were probably gifts to the deceased from a relative. The man holds a typical hoe and grain basket; his wife holds "ankh" signs, symbolizing "life." No inscription is visible on the piece, and it is possible that it was placed...

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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