Egyptian faience statuette of a baboon
€12,300
available
Object number
AR3218
| Object: |
Egyptian faience statuette of a baboon
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| Material: |
Mint green faience.
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| Period: |
Late Period of Ancient Egypt, 26th to 31st dynasty, 664 BC to 332 BC. |
| Description: |
Small faience statuette of a squatting baboon. The monkey is looking straight ahead and has his hands on his knees. The figure is finely worked and rich in detail. Note for example the facial features, the fur, the hands and the tail. The small work of art is therefore very well suited for a public or private collection with high aesthetic standards. The baboon is the sacred animal of Toth, god of wisdom. |
| Dimensions: |
64mm height, 33mm width.
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| Condition: |
Worthy to be displayed at a major museum. Perfect condition, except for minor chips on the base. The surface has been preserved in some detail. Remnants of a modern glue on the underside by a previous owner. The figure can stand alone.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2021 on the Swiss art market. Previously in the Swiss private collection of Carlo Monzino. Mr. Monzino was a respected private collector and art lover, portrayed for example by Andy Warhol in 1974. In 1965 he made a major purchase being able to acquire the famous British Jacob Epstein collection. That is also how this figurine came into his posession. Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) was an American sculptor and painter who lived in England from 1905 and established his ethnographic and archaeological collection there.
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| Publication: |
The faience statuette is published in E. Bassani, M. D. McLeod, Jacob Epstein Collector (Milan, 1989), fig. 883, and in E. Silber, Jacob Epstein: Sculpture and Drawings (Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, 1987), fig. VII. |
| References: |
Cf. F. D. Friedman, Gifts of the Nile - Ancient Egyptian Faience, p. 26, fig. 8. Cf. Sir W. M. F. Petrie, Amulets, plate XXXVII, no. 206k. Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 17.194.2438. And for a similar piece on the art market see Hixenbaugh Ancient Art, Inv# 6550, offered for 20,000 USD (as of 2023), equivalent to approx. 19,000 EUR. |
| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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