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Property from a Connecticut Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MAN
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, 1391-1353 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HEAD OF A MAN
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III,
1391-1353 B.C.
Wearing a bipartite wig, the upper portion striated, the lower echeloned, the oval face with a slightly pointed chin, thin brows and contoured lidded eyes with extended cosmetic lines, the pursed lips indented at their corners
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III,
1391-1353 B.C.
Wearing a bipartite wig, the upper portion striated, the lower echeloned, the oval face with a slightly pointed chin, thin brows and contoured lidded eyes with extended cosmetic lines, the pursed lips indented at their corners
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the previous owner's grandfather in the 1950s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 4 November 1992, lot 74 (part).
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1993.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 4 November 1992, lot 74 (part).
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1993.