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THBEgyptian Ptolemaic Terracotta Priapus, ex Christie's
Lot 11c
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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, mid-Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. A finely preserved, hollow-molded terracotta effigy of Priapus, the god of fertility as well as animal and agricultural fertility. Priapus stands with his left hand at his waist and his right outstretched towards the palm tree border, wears a flowing tunic across his upper body, and presents his bulbous phallus that protrudes from between his bare legs. His aged face and shaggy beard are topped with a large helmet framed with a foliate fillet beneath an archway of palm branches that alludes to his association with bountiful vegetative growth and sustainability. Size: 3.875" W x 5.2" H (9.8 cm x 13.2 cm); 6.8" H (17.3 cm) on included custom stand.
A Roman bronze Priapus statue of a larger size hammered for $78,000 at Christie's, New York "Antiquities" auction (sale 1846, June 8, 2007, lot 153).
Provenance: private A.L. collection, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired in March 1994 from Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, New York, USA; ex-Christie's, London "Antiquities" auction (sale 5100, December 8, 1993, part of lot 107); ex-private English collection of Egyptian Graeco-Roman Terracottas
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#157350Repairs to lower legs below knees with chips and adhesive residue along break lines; losses to areas of ankles, feet, and left peripheries as shown. Softening to some finer details and chips to peripheries. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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