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