AN EGYPTIAN BROWN QUARTZITE BUST OF A FEMALE
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AN EGYPTIAN BROWN QUARTZITE BUST OF A FEMALE

LATE MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 1780-1640 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BROWN QUARTZITE BUST OF A FEMALE
LATE MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 1780-1640 B.C.
Of slightly Nubian appearance with grooved ears and thick lobes, wearing tripartite 'Hathor' wig, mounted
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Cf. W. C. Hayes, The Sceptre of Egypt, I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1953, p. 120, fig. 122 for similar.

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