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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
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TWO EGYPTIAN FAIENCE EROTICA
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
One green in color, depicting a figure kneeling on a rectangular plinth, holding his enormous phallus with both hands as it rises up over his left shoulder, envelops his back and rests on the right side of his chest, his bald pate adorned with a side lock; the other light green in color, perhaps depicting the dwarf god Ptah-Pataikos, the figure seated on a rectangular plinth, supporting his enormous phallus in his hands as it rises up his left side and rests on the nape of his neck, a suspension loop on his back
Taller: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm.) high (2)
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
One green in color, depicting a figure kneeling on a rectangular plinth, holding his enormous phallus with both hands as it rises up over his left shoulder, envelops his back and rests on the right side of his chest, his bald pate adorned with a side lock; the other light green in color, perhaps depicting the dwarf god Ptah-Pataikos, the figure seated on a rectangular plinth, supporting his enormous phallus in his hands as it rises up his left side and rests on the nape of his neck, a suspension loop on his back
Taller: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Smaller: with Derek J. Content, Inc., London.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.