Egyptian Gneiss Head of a King

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

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

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

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

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