An Egyptian Limestone Head of a King, early Ptolemaic Period, circa 304-350 B.C.
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December 17, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description
An Egyptian Limestone Head of a King
early Ptolemaic Period, circa 304-350 B.C.
probably a sculptor’s model, the king wearing the nemes-headcloth with uraeus, and crown composed of ram horns surmounted by the sun-disk and plumes, his face with highly idealized finely carved features, a grid pattern and part of an inscription (?) on the back.
Height 10 cm.
the set and costume designer Bernard Daydé (1921-1986), Paris, received as a present in 1950 from King Farouk of Egypt
Drouot Richelieu, Paris, Beaussant-Lefevre, November 17th, 2015, no. 146, illus.
acquired at the above sale
Drouot Richelieu, Paris, Beaussant-Lefevre, November 17th, 2015, no. 146, illus.
acquired at the above sale
On sculptor's models of this type see N. S. Tomoum, The Sculptors' Models of the Late and Ptolemaic Periods. A Study of the Type and Function of a Group of Ancient Egyptian Artefacts, 2005, p. 31ff; see nos. 7, 36, and 37 in particular. For a very similar example compare G. Steindorff, Catalogue of Egyptian Sculpture in the Walters Art Gallery, 1946, pl. LVII, no. 299.