BRONZE STATUETTE OF THOT

BRONZE STATUETTE OF THOT

Egyptian art, Ptolemaic period, 332–30 B.C.

Ex-voto statuette depicting the god in his baboon form, seated on a square base with his hands on his knees and wearing the lunar disk on his head.

Height: 9.3 cm

Provenance: Former collection of Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres, France, acquired before 1983

Auction: Christie’s, Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres Collection, Paris, February 16–17, 2011: lot 204 (ill.)

Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins

Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA669)

Bibliography: Christie’s, Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres Collection, Paris, February 16–17, 2011, lot 204

C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 86

C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 33, figs. 28 and 77

An Egyptian bronze statuette of Thoth as a seated baboon,

Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C.