AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HEAD FROM A SARCOPHAGUS LID

LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE HEAD FROM A SARCOPHAGUS LID
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
16 ¾ in. (41.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Míriam Colón (1936-2017) and Fred Valle, New York, acquired in Athens, 1970.
Acquired by the current owner form the above, 2019.

Literature

"Imagen Es: Miriam Colón y el Teatro Rodante Puertorriqueño," in Imagen, July 1990, pp. 48-49.

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Lot Essay

Sarcophagi of this type were first produced in Dynasty 30 and continued to be used well into the Ptolemaic Period. For a related example in Boston, see no. 139 in S. D'Auria, et al., eds., Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt.

Míriam Colón was a Puerto Rican-born actress and founder of the El Nuevo Círculo Dramatico theater company in New York. Colón acted in dozens of movies and television shows over her nearly seven-decade long career. She may be best remembered as Tony Montana's mother in Brian De Palma's 1983 crime drama Scarface, starring alongside Al Pacino. As a recognition of her lifetime commitment to theater and cinema, Colón received the National Medal for the Arts from President Barack Obama in 2014.

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