THOT AMULET IN FAIENCE
THOT AMULET IN FAIENCE
Egyptian art, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C.
A turquoise-glazed amulet depicting the ibis god standing naked in a walking pose, resting on a rectangular base, leaning against a dorsal pillar, and wearing a striated tripartite wig flanked by two small suspension loops.
Restorations to the beak and legs.
Height: 12.5 cm
Provenance: Former French private collection, acquired in the 1960s
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, June 17, 2010: lot 110 (ill.)
Charles Ede Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA709)
Bibliography: Pierre Bergé & Associés, Arts d’Orient Archéologie, Paris, June 17, 2010, lot 110
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 87
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 32, fig. 27, and p. 78
An Egyptian faience amulet of Thoth,
Late to Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C.
THOT AMULET IN FAIENCE
Egyptian art, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C.
A turquoise-glazed amulet depicting the ibis god standing naked in a walking pose, resting on a rectangular base, leaning against a dorsal pillar, and wearing a striated tripartite wig flanked by two small suspension loops.
Restorations to the beak and legs.
Height: 12.5 cm
Provenance: Former French private collection, acquired in the 1960s
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, June 17, 2010: lot 110 (ill.)
Charles Ede Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA709)
Bibliography: Pierre Bergé & Associés, Arts d’Orient Archéologie, Paris, June 17, 2010, lot 110
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 87
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 32, fig. 27, and p. 78
An Egyptian faience amulet of Thoth,
Late to Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C.
