WOOD STAUETTE OF A BABOON

WOOD STAUETTE OF A BABOON

A manifestation of the god Thoth, the baboon squats on its hind-quarters, his hands resting on his knees, revealing his pronounced genitalia. The plain mantle hangs down his front and back; he rests on an integral base with rounded back edge

Ex coll. Gustave Mustaki, Alexandria, Egypt; exported from Egypt to the UK circa 1950; Elsa MacLellan, UK, by descent from the above; priv.coll., London, UK, by descent from the above; priv. coll., Rome, Italy, acq. 2012; Charles Ede Ltd., London.
H. 10 cm. Snout reattached, ancient hole at underside

Late Period, 25th -31st Dyn., c. 746-332 BC.

Rare

Cf. For Thoth as baboon M. Morgensen, La Glyptothèque Ny Carlsberg, la Collection Ëgyptienne (Copenhagen, 1930), p. 58-59; pl. LVI, nos. 420-422