AN EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD OF A PRIEST
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AN EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD OF A PRIEST

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD OF A PRIEST
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 1ST CENTURY B.C.
6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Provenance
with Vitelleschi, Rome.
Mrs. H. S. collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1957.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1974, lot 81 (unsold).
Exhibited
On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-1974.
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