拍品 142
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A BRONZE STATUETTE OF IBIS-HEADED THOTH
A BRONZE STATUETTE OF IBIS-HEADED THOTH

细节
A BRONZE STATUETTE OF IBIS-HEADED THOTH
LATE PERIOD/PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The striding god wearing a tripartite wig with moon disc above, carrying a wedjat-eye, mounted
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high

拍品专文

In the contendings of Horus and Seth, Thoth replaces the damaged eye of Horus with the Eye of the Moon. Cf. Five Years of Collecting Egyptian Art 1951-1956, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1956, no. 45 for a 'faience' figure of Thoth holding a wedjat-eye, from Tune el Gebel.