Egyptian Faience Concubine

An ancient Egyptian faience female figure, nude except for a wig, holding a vessel on her head; with two trussed ducks under her arms, and along the ankles stand two cobras.

Third Intermediate Period, 21st - 22nd Dynasty,
Ca. 1070 - 712 BC.
Height: 3 1/2 in. (9 cm).
cf.: a similar example in the Petrie Museum: UC28687, J. Bulte,Talismans Egyptiens d’heureuse maternite, Paris, 1991, pls.19-22.
Formerly in a New York private collection; previously in a French private collection.
Inv#: 7828
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$6,000

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