Baboon

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Baboon

Egypt, Early Ptolemaic Period, circa 300 B.C.
Sculpture
Limestone
4 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 2 13/16 in. (10.32 x 5.56 x 7.14 cm)
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn (AC1992.152.63)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Tigrane Pacha (d. 1904), Egypt. [Michel E. Abemayor (1912–1975), Gallery, New York]. Hans Cohn (1903–1994), Los Angeles, in 1966, gift 1992 to; LACMA.

Bibliography

  • Thomas, Nancy, and Constantina Oldknow, eds.  By Judgment of the Eye:  The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection.  Los Angeles:  Hans Cohn, 1991.