The main subject of this paper is a wooden statue of an Egyptian official sold on the 12ᵗʰ November 2019 during an auction held by the Casa d'Aste Pandolfini in Florence¹. This sculpture, unpublished and lacking any information about its provenience, got immediately my attention because it shows unusual features that can shed light on the stylistic taste and the craftsmanship developed between the end of the Second Intermediate Period and the first part of the New Kingdom. As an introduction of this study, I present a brief state of the art in order to define the level reached by the literature regarding the Egyptian wooden statuary, which clearly demonstrates the necessity of more and deeper studies.