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LOT 0060
Egyptian Stone Head
COPTIC, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.
11 1/2 in. (2.92 kg total, 29 cm wide including stand).
Stylised face with broad surrounding hood with corrugated texture to the outer face; lentoid face with reserved almond eyes, D-section nose and slit mouth; with arc of drilled holes around the inner edge of the hood to accept inset ornaments, more holes to the forehead, eyes, cheeks and chin; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. similar head of less refined workmanship in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.25.10.20.58.
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