Lot 87
  • 87

An Egyptian Basalt Head of a Woman, late 12/early 13th Dynasty, circa 1820-1700 B.C.

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • An Egyptian Basalt Head of a Woman
  • basalt
  • Height 7.8 cm.
wearing a striated Hathor wig terminating in voluted curls above her breasts and falling in a single plait  in back, her broad rounded face with large heavy-lidded eyes.

Provenance

Joseph Altounian, Paris, 1920s
French private collection, by descent from the above