Lot Essay
This is a rare figure of Thoth as the recorder of time, with the palm branch symbolising rnpt (years), cf. E. Riefstahl, Ancient Egyptian Glass and Glazes, Brooklyn, 1968, no. 68. In the comment on page 109, it is suggested that this might be a replica of a figure used on a water clock, see J. Capart, Clepsydres éyptiennes, Chronique d'Egypte, 12, 1937, pp. 47-48