Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD OF A KING OR GOD, 18TH DYNASTY, TUTHMOSIDE, CIRCA 1480-1390 B.C.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN GRANITE HEAD OF A KING OR GOD, 18TH DYNASTY, TUTHMOSIDE, CIRCA 1480-1390 B.C.
wearing a beard with chin-straps, the face with wide finely shaped mouth and outlined lips rounded at the corners.
Height 9.5 cm.
probably Charles Dikran Kelekian (1900-1982), New York (based on the number T452[?] handwritten on a label with red border and cut corners attached to the underside of the variegated green marble base)
an estate collection, Old Fairfield, Connecticut, acquired in the mid-20th Century (Arte Primitivo, New York, December 13th, 2012, no. 230, illus.)