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LOT 0493
Egyptian Fragmentary Granite Head of a Pharaoh
MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA LATE 12TH-13TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1860-1649 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (406 grams, 96 mm).
With nemes ribbed headdress, large forward-facing ears, and a largely absent face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired March 1965.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.110.
Dark, hard stones were favoured for royal statuary in the late Middle Kingdom. The internal treatment of the forward-facing ears and the markings of the nemes are comparable to those of more complete royal heads from this period (cf. Bourriau, J., Pharaohs and Mortals. Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge, 1988, p. 38, no. 32, for a portrait head of Amenemhat III).
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LOT 0493
Egyptian Fragmentary Granite Head of a Pharaoh
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Demotic, 300 B.C.-300 A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £50
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