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An Egyptian stone figure of Tutu
7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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An Egyptian stone figure of Tutu
Late Ptolemaic - Roman Period, circa 100 B.C. - A.D. 100
Depicted striding, wearing a striated wig and false beard, with a ram's head on the back of his head, a hole in the top of the head for the insertion of a separate crown, the details of the muscles incised on the lion's legs and a zig-zag pattern on his chest denoting the mane, 4.5cm high
Late Ptolemaic - Roman Period, circa 100 B.C. - A.D. 100
Depicted striding, wearing a striated wig and false beard, with a ram's head on the back of his head, a hole in the top of the head for the insertion of a separate crown, the details of the muscles incised on the lion's legs and a zig-zag pattern on his chest denoting the mane, 4.5cm high
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Provenance:
UK private collection of Miss Ann Louise Grainger (1900-1984). Reputedly acquired by one of Miss Grainger's older brothers, Charles or Fred, who were officers in the army in the early 20th Century, thence by descent.
Published:
O.E. Kaper, The Egyptian God Tutu: A Study of the Sphinx-God and Master of Demons with a corpus of monuments, Leuven, 2003, p.371, no.T-11.
























