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MASSIVE EGYPTIAN STONE BABOON - 22 KG - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC.An Egyptian carved steatite baboon seated with both hands on bent knees, its chest covered by a fur shawl decorated. This simian effigy presents with finely incised broad tufts of hair. This figure is intended to represent Thoth, the god of writing, accounting, and mathematics, in his more unusual baboon form. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 66.99.55Size: 285mm x 265mm; Weight: 21.8kgProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Sotheby’s New York, sale N08762, 8 June, 2011, lot 56; Ex. painter Charles Lapicque collection (1898-1988), Paris. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.