PROBABLY ROMANO-EGYPTIAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
A STEATITE FIGURE OF A SQUATTING APE
PROBABLY ROMANO-EGYPTIAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./2ND CENTURY A.D.
With socket on the top of head, forepaws resting on the knees, tail curled round, squatting on the top of a shrine base, with stippling on the face and upper part of body, muzzle repaired
4 in. (10 cm.) high
PROBABLY ROMANO-EGYPTIAN, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./2ND CENTURY A.D.
With socket on the top of head, forepaws resting on the knees, tail curled round, squatting on the top of a shrine base, with stippling on the face and upper part of body, muzzle repaired
4 in. (10 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974).
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