393, Lot: 731. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faience ushabti. Egypt, Late Period, 664-332 BC. Mummiform ushabti with headdress and false beard, holding a pick and hoe. Central panel of inscription reads sHD wsir mr nbs (“illuminate the Osiris, beloved of her Lord”). Height: 9.8cm. A few small chips. Areas of brown discoloration.

From the Herbert B. Stearns Collection.