Figure of a seated baboon
Life Story
The baboon is in hard blue faience. On the top of the head is incised a seven-lobed star or flower device. The animal is seated with his fore-paws on his knees; the tail curves to the right along the outer edge of the base. The object is probably an ex veto.
Cyril Aldred & Geoffrey T. Martin, 1997
Entry taken from Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection 3 volume catalogue, edited by Steven Hooper (Yale University Press, 1997).
Provenance
Purchased by the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia from Peter Sharrer in 1974 out of funds provided by Robert and Lisa Sainsbury.
On display
Title/Description: Figure of a seated baboon
Object Type: Figure
Materials: Faience
Measurements: h. 55 x w. 25 x d. 30 mm
Accession Number: 585
Historic Period: Ptolemaic (late)/Roman Period (c. 50 BC-AD 100)
Production Place: Africa, Egypt
Credit Line: Purchased with support from Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, 1974
