A GREYWACKE HEAD OF A PRIEST
A GREYWACKE HEAD OF A PRIEST

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A GREYWACKE HEAD OF A PRIEST
CIRCA 300-100 B.C.
Pronounced at the back of the skull, with slightly hooded eyes, pronounced pupils, long straight nose and down-turned upper lip
4 in. (10 cm.) high
Exhibited
Le Don du Nil, p. 83, pls. 289a-b, no. 289.

Lot Essay

For similar, cf. M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Ägypten: Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, Mainz, 1997, pp. 284-285, no. 193; and B. V. Bothmer et al, Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1960, pp. 8-9, no. 7, pls. 6-7, figs. 14-16 and pp. 78-79, no. 65, pl. 62, figs. 155-157. Also R. Bianchi, "The Egg-Heads", one type of generic portrait from the Egyptian Late Period, in Wissenschafliche Zeitschrift der Humboldt, Berlin, 31, 1983, pp. 149-151.

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