AN EGYPTIAN BRIGHT TURQUOISE 'FAIENCE' AMULETIC STATUETTE OF THOTH WEARING JACKAL-HEADED SLIPPERS

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AN EGYPTIAN BRIGHT TURQUOISE 'FAIENCE' AMULETIC STATUETTE OF THOTH WEARING JACKAL-HEADED SLIPPERS

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRIGHT TURQUOISE 'FAIENCE' AMULETIC STATUETTE OF THOTH WEARING JACKAL-HEADED SLIPPERS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
The nude, ibis-headed god wearing a tripartite wig, on either side of which are suspension loops, he strides with left leg forward wearing his distinct slippers, on integral base, tip of beak restored
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from Spink & Co., 1971.

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Lot Essay

Cf. F. Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, London, 1998, p. 146, no. 169; and J. Quaegebeur, "Les pantoufles du dieu Thot", abstract in Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia, Turin, 1992, pp. 521-27, in which the author argues that these slippers are not articles of clothing but deities in their own right, identified either as Wepwawet or the Bau, who served either to open the ways of Thoth or to protect him from dangers en route; also see Sotheby's London, 11 July 1988, lot 54 for a similar statue.

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