Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Glass, Room 131

Figure

300 BC-400 AD (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure, Egypt, 300BC - AD400.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glass, tooled at the furnace
Brief description
Figure, Egypt, 300BC - AD400.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.9cm
Style
Gallery label
Figure of a Baboon (Cynocephalus) the messenger of the God Tehuti (Thoth)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Collection
Accession number
5638-1901

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
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