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LOT 0052
Egyptian Green Stone Baboon Statuette
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (6.21 grams, 33 mm).
Carved in the round as an amuletic baboon figure with a solar disc headdress, ribbed suspension loop behind the neck.
Provenance
Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13180-249315.
Literature
Cf. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, item 72.2602.
Footnotes
Amulets of squatting baboons were often associated with Thoth, the patron deity of scribes.
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LOT 0052
Egyptian Green Stone Baboon Statuette
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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