AN EGYTPIAN FAIENCE THOTH AMULET
AN EGYTPIAN FAIENCE THOTH AMULET

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.

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AN EGYTPIAN FAIENCE THOTH AMULET
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
The nude ibis-headed god striding with his hands held by his sides, wearing jackal-headed shoes, a broad collar and striated triparite wig, with back pillar and integral base
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high
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Gustave Jéquier (1868-1946) collection, Switzerland, and thence by descent.
The Gustave Jéquier Collection; Christie's, New York, 4 June 2008, lot 21.

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Cf. F. Freidman (ed.) Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, London, 1988, p. 146, no. 169; and J. Quaegebeur, 'Les pantoufles du dieu Thot', abstract in Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia, Turin, 1992, pp. 521-27, in which Quaegebeur suggests that the jackal-headed shoes are not items of clothing but deities in their own right, either Wepwawet or Bau, who serve Thoth either to protect him from dangers on his journey.

Gustave Jéquier studied in Paris and Berlin before joining Jacques de Morgan's expedition to Persia in 1901; however his true love was Egypt and was closely associated with the French Institute of Cairo. He worked at Abydos and also discovered the 13th Dynasty pyramid at Khendjer.

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