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An Egyptian Limestone Head of a Man, 19th Dynasty, 1292-1190 B.C.
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30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- An Egyptian Limestone Head of a Man
- Limestone
- Height 5 1/2 in. 14 cm.
wearing a double wig composed of radiating long wavy strands with echeloned curls in front, his broad face with mouth deeply indented at the corners, and almond-shaped eyes with long contoured eyebrows and cosmetic lines in shallow relief.
Provenance
Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne, 1970s
Christie's, New York, December 18th, 1997, no. 72, illus.
Christie's, New York, December 18th, 1997, no. 72, illus.
Literature
Minerva, vol. 9 [2], March-April 1998, p. 33, fig. 12
Jaromir Malek, with Diana Magee and Elizabeth Miles, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, vol. VIII: Objects of Provenance not Known, Oxford, 1999, no. 801-653-729
Jaromir Malek, with Diana Magee and Elizabeth Miles, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, vol. VIII: Objects of Provenance not Known, Oxford, 1999, no. 801-653-729