An Egyptian Serpentine Bust of a Man, Late 12th/Early 13th Dynasty, Circa 1800-1700 B.C.

standing and wearing a long wrap-around kilt with partly serrated edge, and close fitting cap, his face with prominent cheekbones and wide set eyes with outlined upper lids, the tapering back pillar curving forward at the nape of the neck.

Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York
Lester Wolfe (1897-1983), New York (Sotheby’s, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, Including the Collection of the Late Lester Wolfe, New York, March 1st-2nd, 1984, no. 112, illus.)
New York art market

Generally good and as shown; note large chip on crown of head. Minor chips and abrasions elsewhere, especially on the ears and tip of nose. There is a rough shallow groove across the back pillar.
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For related examples cf. J. Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals, Egyptian Art in the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge, England, 1988, no. 51, and E. Delange, Catalogue des statues égyptiennes du Moyen Empire, 2060-1560 avant J.-C., Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1987, p. 219, AF 460.