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Lot 2958    Session 11 (9:30am Thursday 2nd August)    Antiquities

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $560

EGYPT, third intermediate period, (c.1069-744 B.C.), glazed faience statuette of the god Pataikos as a dwarf squatting with hands on his stomach, (30mm high). Attractive green glaze, very fine and intact.

From an old Sydney collection with ticket.

Pataikos was a depiction of the god Ptah, creator of the world. In the New kingdom he was often depicted as a dwarf with a bald head. Pataikos symbolised the resurrection.

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