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THBEgyptian Ptolemaic Gesso / Linen Mummy Mask - Baboon
Lot 23a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
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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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Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A petite linen mummy mask, of an abstract zoomorphic form, depicting a stylized baboon head that is covered in gesso and painted in hues of citrine, vermilion, forest green, and black. The simian visage presents with a characteristically bulbous nose, rounded cheeks above a tall jaw, protruding teeth and lips, almond-shaped eyes with large pupils, and vertically striped headband painted atop the forehead. Baboons were not native to Egypt, but instead were imported from Nubia. They were, however, common animals in the ancient Egyptian artistic tradition as well as being important to religious worship. This primate example is representative of Thoth, the god of writing, accounting, and other intellectual pursuits, who was typically associated with the ibis. However, Thoth would occasionally assume the form of a baboon in certain tales in Egyptian lore. This mask may have topped a mummified baboon as an offering to Thoth. Size: 2.875" W x 4.1" H (7.3 cm x 10.4 cm); 5.625" H (14.3 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA; ex-Sands of Time, Washington, D.C.; ex-private M. Ragan collection, Maryland, USA, acquired in the early 1970s
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#150221Jaw and mouth reattached to top of head, with adhesive residue visible along the verso. Chipping to painted gesso, fraying to linen on verso, and light fading to original pigment. Great details throughout obverse.Condition
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