AN EGYPTIAN BROWN QUARTZITE HEAD
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AN EGYPTIAN BROWN QUARTZITE HEAD

MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII, 1991-1783 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BROWN QUARTZITE HEAD
MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII, 1991-1783 B.C.
Depicted with veristic features consisting of deep-set eyes with thick cosmetic lines and plastically-rendered brows, the nose with flaring nostrils, the fleshy lips drilled at the corners, with a thick coiffure, the curls indicated by an incised reticulated pattern that swells at the sides
3½ in. (9 cm.) high
Provenance
Ernest Brummer Collection.
with James Robinson, New York.
Gifted to the current owner in 1959.

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