A Limestone Sculptor's Model , 30th Dynasty/early Ptolemaic Period, circa 380-250 B.C.

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Description

A Limestone Sculptor's Model
5 11/16 by 5 in. 14.4 by 12.7 cm. as framed

finely carved in shallow relief with the figure of a kneeling king facing right and offering a wine jar in each raised hand, and wearing a kilt flaring in front, broad collar, and the Blue Crown with uraeus and tassel.

Provenance

Estate of Louise Crane (Christie's, New York, June 4th, 1999, no. 279, illus.)

Catalogue Note

Cf. Baltimore, Egyptian Sculpture, nos. 326A and 331.