Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Leaping Jackal Figure

Egyptian Leaping Jackal Figure - Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC A wooden figure of the god Anubis in the form of a jackal, white gesso to the surface with facial details in black pigment; mounted on a custom-made stand. 19 grams, 64mm including stand (2 1/2”). Fair condition. [No Reserve] Provenance Property of a South Australian gentleman; from his father's collection formed in the 1960s-2000s; thence by descent. Literature See Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 7If.