Blue Glazed Faience Shabti of the Priest Amenemope

Culture: Egyptian

Period: 3rd Intermediate period, early 21st dynasty, 1069-1000 B.C.

Material: Faience

Dimensions: 10.3 cm high

Price: 2 800 Euro

Ref: 1564

Provenance: Collection Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany, acquired in August 1976. With a copy of the certificate of 4 August 1976.

Condition: Intact

Description: Charming shabti of blue glazed faience, which belonged to the funerary setting of Amun priest Amenemope (Amen-em-ope). The figure in mummiform with such a striking wig, which protrudes over the forehead like a massive veil, pushing the large ears forwards. The arms are crossed in front of the chest. Each hand holds a hoe, which is painted in black on the upper body. The strands of the wig, the filet, as well as the seed bag on the back are also accentuated in black. Apart from the large ears also the round eyes, the nose and the mouth are sculpturally worked out. A hieroglyphic inscription in one column runs along the legs. It reads: “The divine father of Amun, Amen-em-ope, justified.” See for the shabtis from the tomb of Amenemope Bonhams auction of 6 July 2023, lot 284, Artcurial Paris of 21 May 2025, lot 28, as well as the example in Michael C. Carlos Museum with the object number 2018.010.297. See another example in Jacques F. Aubert and Liliane Aubert, “Statuettes Égyptiennes, Chaouabtis, Ouchebtis”, Paris, 1974, p. 41, fig. 99. Mounted.