ID 735001 
Lot 19  | AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE THOTH
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000 
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
4 7⁄8 in. (12.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Henri Hoffmann (1823-1897), Paris, acquired by 1894.
with Maurice Delestre, Paris.
Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris, acquired from the above, 1895; thence by continuous descent within the family.
Ancienne Collection Charles Gillot (1953-1903), Christie's, Paris, 4-5 March 2008, lot 125.
Literature
G. Legrain, Collection H. Hoffmann: Catalogue des antiquités égyptiennes, Objets en or et en argent, bronzes, pierres, ivoires et bois sculptés, terres cuites et terre émaillées, verres, tissus, etc., Paris, 1894, p. 52, no. 157.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
| Applied technique: | Pottery | 
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Faience | 
| Art style: | Ancient Art | 
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt | 
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa | 
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures | 
| Applied technique: | Pottery | 
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Faience | 
| Art style: | Ancient Art | 
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt | 
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa | 
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures | 
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