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FAIENCE STATUETTE OF THOT
See original version (French)
171
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FAIENCE STATUETTE OF THOT
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
FAIENCE STATUETTE OF THOT
Egyptian art, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BC.
Figurine depicting the god Thoth in his baboon form, crouching on a plinth, with his forepaws resting on his knees and his torso inscribed with hieroglyphs.
The lunar disc is incomplete.
Height: 4 cm
Provenance: Reported to come from Abusir, according to the label from Blanchard’s Egyptian Museum
Ralph Huntington Blanchard (1875–1936), Blanchard’s Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Private collection, Paris
An Egyptian faience figure of Thoth as a baboon,
Late to Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BC
See original version (French)
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