An Egyptian Limestone Votive Relief, 30th Dynasty/ early Ptolemaic Period, circa 380-200 B.C.

finely carved in shallow relief with a serpent-headed god striding to right and wearing a short kilt and long tripartite wig. 

Charles Dikran Kelekian (1900-1982), New York
Lester Wolfe (1897-1983), New York, acquired from the above prior to 1975 (Sotheby’s, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, Including the Collection of the Late Lester Wolfe, New York, March 1st- 2nd, 1984, no. 164, illus.)
Acquired at the above sale by A. Alfred Taubman

Excellent and as shown in photo , very minor nicks and scratches. The four sides, and probably also the back, have evidently been cut flat in modern times. It has been suggested that this object may be earlier in date, and not necessarily from a votive relief.
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The significance of this serpent-headed deity is uncertain, but he may be connected with regeneration, as symbolized by the molting of a snake’s skin.

There is a photograph of the relief in the Kelekian Archive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (File 4, Folder D), “L.Wolfe” penciled on the back.