Two figures · Africa-Antiques, Egypt · ID: 3038729
Robert Zink, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Description
light blue glazed stone ware, “ushebti” figure, light blue glazed stone ware, because of abrasion details hardly recognizable, wooden base, h: 6,5 cm; seated baboon, stone, with patina and remains of pigments, min. dam., missing parts (face, base), base, h: 4,5 cm; probably depicting the egyptian deity “Thoth”. He was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis or a baboon, because the animals were sacred to him.
The object Two figures with the object ID 3038729 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 168.
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