Lot Essay
For similar Baubo figures, cf. P. Perdrizet, Les Terres Cuites Greques D'Égypte de la Collection Fouquet, Paris, 1921, p. 124, pl. LXXXIV.
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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Details
THREE ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURES OF BAUBO
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Crouching naked with legs spread to either side, one hand to her genitalia, all mounted, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high max.; an Egyptian white glazed composition fragmentary concubine figure, Ramesside Period, circa 1295-1070 B.C., 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high; and a group of 15 Egyptian amulets, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high max. (19)
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Crouching naked with legs spread to either side, one hand to her genitalia, all mounted, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high max.; an Egyptian white glazed composition fragmentary concubine figure, Ramesside Period, circa 1295-1070 B.C., 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high; and a group of 15 Egyptian amulets, 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high max. (19)
Provenance
Items one-three: collection of Jean-André Périchon (1860-1929), formed prior to 1903: sold Tajan, Paris, 14 November 2003, lots 107-108.
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