A Limestone Bust of a King, Ptolemaic Period, circa 305-250 B.C.

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 USD

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Description

A Limestone Bust of a King
Height 8 in. 20.3 cm.

probably a votive or sculptor's model, wearing a tripartite wig with fragmentary uraeus in front, his idealized face with smiling mouth and full lips, the ears unfinished, gridlines on the underside, back, and proper left side.

Provenance

Egyptian Gifts and Antiques, Los Angeles, California, May 4th, 1982
Richard Headley, Santa Barbara, California