Two Egyptian Sculptures , early 18th/22nd Dynasty, circa 1493-716 B.C.

including a fragmentary greywacke or schist block statue of a man wearing a short beard and wide wig partially covering the ears, his youthful face with smiling mouth indented at the corners, and large eyes with long contoured cosmetic lines, early 18th Dynasty, period of Tuthmosis I/Amenhotep II, 1493-1400 B.C., wood base by Inagaki, and a hollow-cast figure of Ptah holding a combined was, djed, and ankh scepter, and wearing a broad beaded collar, flaring beard with engraved cheek-straps, and close-fitting cap, the eyes, eyebrows, and cosmetic lines formerly inlaid, 21st/22nd Dynasty, 1075-716 B.C.

Allen L. Owens, Connecticut (Sotheby's, New York, February 25th, 1971, no. 68, illus.), for the Ptah
Elizabeth Gibson Holahan (1903-2002), Rochester, New York
by descent to the present owners

both pieces a shown; Ptah has very worn surface and areas of corrosion, a hairline cracks runs diagonally across back, large chips or dents on proper right arm and behind proper left shoulder, two small holes are broken through to hollow interior on back; block statue is damaged as shown, minor chips on back
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Cf. Baltimore, Egyptian Sculpture, no. 494, for the bronze Ptah.

The interior designer Elizabeth Gibson Holahan was renowned for her many achievements benefiting her home city and state, and served as president of both the Landmark Society of Western New York (1952-61) and the Rochester Historical Society (1977-2000).