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Description : AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE STELE FOR TUTU LATE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD TO ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 100 B.C.-100 A.D. Sculpted in raised relief, in the form of a naos with a cavetto cornice surmounted by twenty-four uraei, supported by two floral columns at either end, all framing the god as a sphinx in profile to the right, its head turned outward, adorned with a tni crown of ram horns and plumes above a long wig and a three-strand, beaded broad collar, the elongated gaunt torso with the ribs articulated, the slender tail terminating in a cobra head, each paw with a knife alongside, a winged solar-disk with an appended cobra above left 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) wide
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À propos du lot n° 71
Titre : AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE STELE FOR TUTU, PÉRIODE : CIRCA 100
Dimensions : (27 cm.) wide
Provenance : Gustave Jequier (1868-1946), Neuchâtel, Switzerland, given to his sibling and thence by descent to his niece. Acquired by the current owner in 2007.
Literature : O. Kaper, "The Egyptian God Tutu: Additions to the Catalogue of Monuments" in Chronique d'Égypte, Fasc. 173, Brussels, 2012, no. S-73, fig. 10.
Notes : Tutu is described as "a somewhat obscure apotropaic god venerated mainly in the Graeco-Roman Period, Tutu was called 'he who keeps enemies at a distance' and was believed to provide protection from hostile manifestations of deities and demons". (see p. 183 in R. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt). For a similar example see no. 39 in H.D. Schneider, Life and Death Under the Pharaohs: Egyptian Art form the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Christie's, Salle de vente , New York, NY 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Titre de la vente : Antiquities
Date de la vente : 11/12/2014 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
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