Fragments of faience ushabtis
Series of very crude hand worked faience ushabtis of varying sizes and details, but all apparently from same hand or same shop (cf. also 27-4-1081); hand cut (many appear to have been first molded in rough molds and then hand dressed), soft porous drab paste with greenish center, poor thin pale blue or pale green glaze, lappet wig and beard, hands crossed and opposite, implements in hands not indicated or indicated only faintly: c) six fragments; like 27-4-1080a, but without pilaster.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_27-4-1080c
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_27-4-1080c; 27-4-1080c
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Ushabtis and ushabti boxes
- Entry Date
- 04/15/1927 through 04/21/1927
- Title
- Fragments of faience ushabtis
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height: c1) 7.9 cm; c2) 6.2 cm; c3) 5.3 cm; c4) 3.2 cm; c5) 3.6 cm; c6) 4.7 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7450 X II, debris
- Remarks
- 27-4-1080c: (c1) = MFA 29.3044, (c2) = MFA 29.3045, (c3) = MFA 29.3046
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession numbers verified