Egyptian Gneiss Head of a King

late 12th Dynasty, ca. 1836 – 1759 B.C.

Material

Gneiss

Dimensions

H: 8.20 cm

Reference

18945

Price

$175,000

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Overview

Fragmentary head of a King, showing the facial features and part of the vertically striated Nemes headdress centered by a uraeus.

Provenance

Art market, prior to 1966;

Ex- German private collection, prior to 1966;

Sotheby’s, London, July 9th-10th, 1984, no. 151, illus.;

Ex- US private collection

Published

H. Müller-Feldmann, Zeugnisse altägyptischer Kultur aus europäischem Privatbesitz, catalogue of the exhibition at the Folkwang-Museum, Essen, February 1st-March 15th, 1966, no. 77, fig. 12

Exhibited

Folkwang-Museum, Essen, February 1st-March 15th, 1966

Bibliography

Jaromir Malek, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, vol. VIII, part 1, Oxford, 1999, p. 38

Museum Parallels

The British Museum

London, UK

The Louvre

Paris, France

The State Museum of Egyptian Art

Munich, Germany