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THBEgyptian Bronze Figure- Priest of Thoth / Baboon Figure
Lot 17
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Viking, Near Eastern plus Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India, more. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 22nd to 31st Dynasty, ca. 943 to 332 BCE. An interesting cast leaded-bronze figure of a striding priest atop an integral rectangular plinth. The priest wears an ankle-length skirt around his waist and holds a small cult statue of a baboon in his hands. The baboon has attenuated legs, undefined arms, a projecting snout beneath recessed slit-form eyes, and a bulbous coiffure with lightly incised lines for hair. Baboons were not native to Egypt, but instead were imported from Nubia. They were, however, popular animals in the ancient Egyptian artistic tradition as well as being important to religious worship. The primate in this example is representative of Thoth, the ibis-headed god of writing, accounting, and wisdom who would assume the form of a baboon in certain stories. This priest of Thoth is perhaps carrying the figural depiction to an altar during a religious ceremony. Size: 1.05" W x 3.3" H (2.7 cm x 8.4 cm).
For a stylistically-similar example holding a vase and censer, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 47.105.3: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545997
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
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#140709Loss to one arm. Minor nicks to base, body, baboon figure and head, with softening to some finer features, and small pitting holes across most surfaces. Light earthen deposits and great green and russet patina throughout. Old adhesive sticker beneath base.Condition
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