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An Egyptian Quartzite Head of a King, 13th Dynasty, 1759-1640 B.C.
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- An Egyptian Quartzite Head of a King
- quartzite
- Height 12 cm.
wearing the khat headdress with uraeus, his face with long wide-set eyes.
Provenance
Vicomte Guillaume de Bonchamps (1905-1985), Avenue Foch, Paris (Hôtel Drouot, November 14th, 2014, no. 63, illus.)
Catalogue Note
This head appears to have been usurped by a later king, who modified the ears and uraeus.
The present lot is accompanied by a detailed appraisal handwritten on the back of a black-and-white photograph of the head and dated December 9th, 1969.