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An Egyptian pale green glazed composition baboon
7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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An Egyptian pale green glazed composition baboon
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Depicted standing with the left leg advanced, holding an oval offering dish in its hands, the tail falling at the back of the legs, set on a small integral plinth, an accession number '16.50' inked on the back, 10.7cm high
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Depicted standing with the left leg advanced, holding an oval offering dish in its hands, the tail falling at the back of the legs, set on a small integral plinth, an accession number '16.50' inked on the back, 10.7cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Harer Family Trust Collection, acquired in 1975.
With Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 15 March 1975.
With Blumka Gallery, New York, circa 1956.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1916 (Inventory no. 16.50).
Drexel Institute Museum, Philadelphia, 1895.
Col. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. (1864-1934), Philadelphia.
Emile Brugsch (1842-1930), curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo.
Accompanied by a copy of the Harer Collection index card.
Literature:
A rare subject matter, these baboons greeting the morning sun came in groups of four. This is one of such a set of four identical examples from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The remaining three are still in the museum: acc. no. 10.4.23.2.