A LIMESTONE SCULPTOR'S RELIEF MODEL, carved with the head of a man in profile to the right showing different patterns on his wig, straight, layered, and tight zigzags, with two profile heads of 'Syrians' in the bottom right hand corner, early Dynasty XIX, circa 1300 B.C. | Christie's

Lot 110

110

A LIMESTONE SCULPTOR'S RELIEF MODEL, carved with the head of a man in profile to the right showing different patterns on his wig, straight, layered, and tight zigzags, with two profile heads of 'Syrians' in the bottom right hand corner, early Dynasty XIX, circa 1300 B.C.

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A LIMESTONE SCULPTOR'S RELIEF MODEL, carved with the head of a man in profile to the right showing different patterns on his wig, straight, layered, and tight zigzags, with two profile heads of 'Syrians' in the bottom right hand corner, early Dynasty XIX, circa 1300 B.C.
9 x 6in. (22½ x 15.1cm.)

Lot Essay

Cf. museum catalogue, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, 1981, no.10 for Asiatic heads from the tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

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