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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF PTAH(?)
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF PTAH(?)

LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF PTAH(?)
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
With shaven head, pierced below the chin for attachment of beard, eyes recessed for inlay, mounted
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the Kelekian collection, no. 16, inscribed on ink label on base.
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Lot Essay

Cf. B. v. Bothmer, Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1961, p. 105, no. 83, pl. 79 for a portrait head of the Priest of Monthu with similarly strong individual characteristics and broad squat skull.

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