Details

LOT 0460

Egyptian Limestone Head of a Priest

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-31 B.C. OR LATER

8 in. (1.8 kg total, 20 cm including stand).

With shaven head, finely modelled facial features, lined forehead; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

with J.J. Klejman, Madison Avenue, New York, USA, 1960s.
UK collection, acquired from the above, 1960s.

Literature

Cf. Bothmer, B.V., Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period 700 B.C. to A.D. 100, New York, 1960, pp.138-140, no. 108, pls.100-101, figs.267-269, 272, for a similarly realistic portrait head with a lined brow.

Footnotes

The heads of priests in Egypt were customarily shaven for reasons of ritual purity.