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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.
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