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LOT 0462
Egyptian Small Head with Wig
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 331-30 B.C.
1 3/4 in. (54 grams, 44 mm).
Formed as a small rounded head with filet or diadem to the brow, pert facial features. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Antoni Sikorski collection, London, formed between the 1950s and 1970s.
with Chiswick Auctions, 11 May 2016, [Part].
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Footnotes
Although worn, the narrow diadem and curly hair are reminiscent of portraits of Ptolemaic priests, such as Pakhom of Dendera (Bothmer, B.V., Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period 700 B.C. to A.D. 100, New York, 1960, pp. 178-179, pls. 128 and 129, 343); Spier, J., Potts, T., and Cole, S.E. (eds.), Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the classical world, Los Angeles, 2018, p. 169 no. 101.
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