An Egyptian Bronze Ushabti of Wen-Djebau-En-Djed

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1070-945 B.C.

Height 3 1/8 inches (7.9 cm).

Property from the Harer Family Trust Collection

Provenance:

Superior Galleries, Beverly Hills, California, prior to 1980.

Acquired by the present owner from the above, 20 August 1980.

Exhibited:

California, San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, 1992.

Arizona, Tempe, Arizona State University Museum, 1993.

Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993-1996.

California, San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 1997-2010.

Published:

G. Scott, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, p. 102, no. 59c.

General Wen-djebau-en-djed was a high official under Pharaoh Psusennes I, and buried in the royal tombs at Tanis. Psusennes I revived the use of bronze for his own ushabtis and those of his family and the high officials of the period. For other ushabtis of the same owner see H. D. Schneider, Shabtis, Leiden, 1977, Vol. II, pp.152-3, nos 4.7.1.1-7.