NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, CIRCA 1291-1191 B.C.

細節

AN EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE KHONSU AS A BABOON
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, CIRCA 1291-1191 B.C.
With detailed coat and naturalistically modelled body, his forepaws resting on his knees, with coloured glass inlaid eyes, pierced nostrils, the top of his head pierced for moon and crescent headdress, now missing, the name Khonsu inscribed on frontal pectoral in hieroglyphs, the tail curled around his proper right leg, seated on an integral oval base, drilled vertically
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

來源

The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s.

展覽

Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, no. 43.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

拍品專文

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, p. 94, no. 43.

The baboon was originally the sacred animal linked with Thoth, but in the Middle Kingdom Khonsu in his lunar aspect was associated with Thoth and was also represented as a baboon. The moon-god Khonsu was part of the main triad worshipped in Thebes (Luxor), the capital of the New Kingdom dynasties, alongside his father Amun-Re and his mother Mut.